[Verse 1]
Back in '92, gutting the kitchen
Didn't want to cut through the roofline again
Drove to Wiegand's on Memorial
Fourteen bucks for the Studor vent
Solvent welded the PVC
Cheater valve under the sink
Saved a day on the rafters
Now I hear it when she runs the cook

[Chorus]
That sharp plastic click when the dishwasher drains
I reach for the Crown
That sharp plastic click when the dishwasher drains
I reach for the Crown

[Verse 2]
Forty years later at the Legion
Ice melting in the Crown Royal
Dishwasher kicks, I hear it gasp
Mechanical breath in the pipes
Atmospheric pressure don't care
Can't weld a heart cracked by the cold
Negative space won't vent proper
Through a cheap plastic cap

[Chorus]
That sharp plastic click when the dishwasher drains
I reach for the Crown
That sharp plastic click when the dishwasher drains
I reach for the Crown

[Bridge]
Dawning horror at minus twenty
Frost heave in pipes, deeper than that
Can't shortcut grief with a fitting
Load bearing walls in my chest
Massimo says talk to somebody
I speak in valves and in vents
Click in the silence like conscience
Before I don't feel what I felt

[Chorus]
That sharp plastic click when the dishwasher drains
I reach for the Crown
That sharp plastic click when the dishwasher drains
I reach for the Crown

[Outro]
Just a click in the dark
Under the sink