Lost Sock in the Laundromat

[Verse 1]

You were there

Blue stripe, thin thread, soft pair

Spinning in that plastic door

I blinked once

You weren’t on the floor

[Chorus]

Where you go, little lost sock?

Stuck in some secret pocket of the world

Did you run, did you slip off?

Leaving your twin alone to curl

I keep checking every basket, every crack I pass

Guess some things just vanish, just don’t come back

[Verse 2]

Found a receipt

Three old coins and someone’s beat-up sleeve

Ask the clerk

He just shrugs, says “that’s how it works”

Some things stay, some drift from the earth

[Chorus]

Where you go, little lost sock?

Stuck in some secret pocket of the world

Did you run, did you slip off?

Leaving your twin alone to curl

I keep checking every basket, every crack I pass

Guess some things just vanish, just don’t come back

[Bridge]

Maybe you’re a puppet on a kid’s left hand (hey!)

Or a dust mask in a quiet band

Maybe you’re a blanket for a frozen cat

Maybe you’re happier like that

[Chorus]

Where you go, little lost sock?

Stuck in some secret pocket of the world

Did you run, did you slip off?

Leaving your twin alone to curl

I keep checking every basket, every crack I pass

Guess some things just vanish, just don’t come back