Neko Case - Red Tide lyrics

There's a smell here that stands
My hairs on end dog hair in the heater
Gas pumps and cedar and jackknifes on the 9
And sea birds choked in fishing line

The clouds say "hush
" but the chainsaws mush on
Through Custer and Columbia
Salty tentacles shrink in the sun but
The red tide is over
The mollusks, they have won

There's a smell here of
Gravel and cigarettes lit
When the match made them sweet
When the engine turned over and
Beat up our street
Oh, that was a day to remember

I remember because of the fires that leapt
From the caves of the things
That have not happened yet
When I think of them now
They smell to me quite sinister

I want to go back and die at the drive-in
Die before strangers can say
"I hate the rain" "I hate the rain"