Most Normal Day in Ohio

Intro

Coffee on the porch, steam in the morning light (ah)

Paper in the driveway, dog chases the mail (uh-huh)

La-la, la-la, la-la-la (la-la)

Verse

Red mailbox with a dent, kids with backpacks on

Radio plays the same song, we hum along

Mrs. Carter waves from her hydrangeas, slow and sure

Squeak of a swing, a porch light left for the neighbor's cure

Tractor on the county road, dust hangs like a veil

A thirty-year-old truck, but it still tells the tale

Pre-chorus

Nothing's breaking, nothing big begins to change

Just small familiar things that keep the day inside its frame

Yeah, alright, yeah (yeah)

Chorus

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (oh-oh)

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (oh-oh)

Sun on the courthouse steps, kid throws a Frisbee slow

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (yeah)

Verse

Lunch at Mable's Diner, pie cooled on the sill

Two old men at the counter, trading weather for a bill

School bus stops twice, then it rumbles off again

Someone's mowing three lawns, the same three on Main

Grocery line chatter, about the high school game

A man in a faded jacket hums a song with no name

Pre-chorus

We fill the hours like cups, steady and small

We say hello and mean it, we answer every call

Uh-huh, alright (alright)

Chorus

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (oh-oh)

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (oh-oh)

Steam from the sewer grate, laughter from the stoop

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (yeah)

Bridge

Evening slides in soft — porch lights click, one by one

Kids with scraped knees compare the night's first star (star)

A neon-free diner glow, but warm enough to stay (stay)

We fold the quiet into pockets and call it the day

(oh, oh) yeah, hey, hey (hey) uh-huh

Chorus

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (oh-oh)

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (oh-oh)

Door shuts, radio low, the kettle sings again

Most normal day in Ohio, most normal day in Ohio (yeah)