Sand in the Rental Car · 租来的车里的沙

[Verse 1]

Four days out on the water and I'm back in the lot

Handing over the keys and the tank that I forgot

The guy behind the counter says "ma'am, we gotta charge"

'Cause my floor mat's got a beach in it, and the beach is pretty large

[Pre-Chorus]

He got the vacuum running for three minutes straight

And it picked up a little and it left the rest to fate

And I'm standing there watching every single grain

Like it's evidence of something that I can't explain

[Chorus]

There's sand in the rental car and it ain't coming out

Four days on the water and I figured out nothing

There's sand in the rental car and it ain't coming out

He got the vacuum, I got the receipt

I left the sand, I left the sand, I left the whole damn coast

[Verse 2]

I thought I'd have a moment, you know, a crying-on-the-cliff kind

I thought the ocean would hand me something I could finally find

But all I really thought about was whether I could stay

And whether not going back would be the brave thing or the lazy way

[Pre-Chorus 2]

And the number on the paper's got a red line through the top

And I signed it with a smile like a person who could stop

And the ticket in the sun visor's got a crease across your name

And I left it in the glove box, which is somehow not the same

[Chorus 2]

There's sand in the rental car and it ain't coming out

Four days on the water and I figured out nothing

There's sand in the rental car and it ain't coming out

He got the vacuum, I got the receipt

I left the sand, I left the sand, I left the whole damn coast

[Bridge]

It isn't you, it isn't even the town

It's the girl who drove out there

Thinking the water would sort it out

She's still out there somewhere

With a crease across her ticket

And a tank she didn't fill

[Final Chorus]

There's sand in the rental car and it ain't coming out

Four days on the water and I finally figured something

There's sand in the rental car and it ain't coming out

He got the vacuum, I got the keys

I left the sand, I left the sand

(I left the sand, I left the sand)

I'm not going back, I'm not going back

[Outro]

I left the sand