Masinko In The Drain

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Intro: solo masinko one-string bowed fiddle, reedy

Verse

One string under the floorboards.
Copper pipe. A long note.
A plumber who never comes.
Nobody touched it.

[Chant: gospel choir]
Masinko in the drain.
Masinko in the drain.

Verse

Glass on glass. Bowl of ice.
Elbow on the kitchen sink.
One drop. One string. Same hour.
Nobody touched it.

[Chant: gospel choir]
Masinko in the drain.
Masinko in the drain.

[Interjection: female, flat, shouted]
Listen! Listen!
It's coming up the pipe!

Verse

Hand on the pipe. Hand on the wall.
Ear to the plaster. Hold still.
indistinct clay figure sensation.
Nobody touched it.

[Chant: gospel choir]
Masinko in the drain.
Masinko in the drain.

[Interjection: female, flat, shouted]
Nobody's coming! Nobody's coming!
Let it play!

Break: drums enter, loose and late

Verse

Bare feet. Cold tile. Low lamp.
Bow across the water.
A market. A bus. A dust road.
Nobody touched it.

[Chant: gospel choir]
Masinko in the drain.
Masinko in the drain.
Masinko in the drain.

Bridge

Water knows the long way out.
Whatever finds the door.
The door is not our door.
Nobody touched it.

[Chant: gospel choir]
Masinko in the drain.
(Let it play, let it play)
Masinko in the drain.
(Let it play, let it play)

Outro

One string. One drop.
One string. One drop.
Nobody touched it.