The Needle Knows the Way Back Home

Verse

Mira wipes her fingers on her Sunday dress
Soldered wire, what a sweet caress
Old Tom taps his heel upon the floor
That one record—want it just once more

Chorus

Oh, the needle knows the way back home
Round and round we go, we're not alone
Lock the door, the rhythm's in the bone
Oh, the needle knows the way back home

Verse

Speaker crackles, static in the wire
Mira twists a knob, she fans the fire
Tom he spins, he dips, he turns about
Tin cups clankin'—somebody let it out

Chorus

Oh, the needle knows the way back home
Round and round we go, we're not alone
Lock the door, the rhythm's in the bone
Oh, the needle knows the way back home

Bridge

powerful belting

Needle lifts, the shellac gives a sigh
But the echo's dancin' on the bunker high
Mira laughs, she grabs Tom by the sleeve
No machine required—ain't we got the beat?

Chorus

Oh, the needle knows the way back home
Round and round we go, we're not alone
Lock the door, the rhythm's in the bone
Oh, the needle knows the way back home