Laundromat Glow

Scenic route
Mm, scenic route home

I drive past your old apartment every Tuesday night
The radio's playing something that you used to know
The laundromat is glowing where we kissed in July
The traffic light keeps changing like it's waiting on goodbye
I laugh at myself, and I turn up the song
But every little street knows that you're gone

They say time heals everything
But time is moving slow
And I don't need directions
To the places that I know

I'm only taking the scenic route home
Past your window, past the laundromat glow
Every red light makes me wait alone
On the scenic route home

Scenic route (scenic route)
Nowhere to go
Scenic route (scenic route)
Taking it slow

Your favorite diner closed, but the sign still hums
Like it's singing to the version of us when we were young
I wonder if your new life has a room for regret
Or if I'm just a ghost you already forget
I pass the corner where you said, "Don't leave"
Then you left me with the winter and a short-sleeve dream
I'm not trying to call, I'm not trying to fall
But the city keeps your name on every wall

I'm only taking the scenic route home
Past your window, past the laundromat glow
Every red light makes me wait alone
On the scenic route home

Are you awake right now in Boston?
Is there a laundromat near you?
If I passed you in the rain
Would you know the car I drove you to?

There's no scenic route home
Just your window and the laundromat glow
Every red light knows I'm still alone
There's no scenic route home

Scenic route
I'm home

Scenic route
I'm home