The Nits - The Infinite Shoeblack lyrics

This is the place where they built the machine They wipe out the drawings and lock up the dream - the hope This is the town where they wait for the wars They lock up the houses and burn all the cars - the smoke Here on this map we are close to the place The end of our journey for hours and days - the drive This is the place where we stop with the car My sister, she whispers "I know where we are" - the lake This is the house, we've been here before The laboratory, the long corridor - the snake There is a key under a stone Look through the windows Nobody's home Turn the key In a bell gla** on a table The shoes are covered with dust And they whisper with their strings 'Shine us for mirror we must' Till we all fall through The Infinite Shoeblack This is the place This is the place This is the place where they built the machine They wipe out the drawings and lock up the dream - the hope This is the house, we've been here before The laboratory, the long corridor - the rope Me and my sister drive home with the blues We lifted the bell gla** and polished the shoes Till they're black