little indie band
D rown M e I n blo OD
Story behind the song
There was a new car wash in town. A skeleton car wash. It was called Skeleton Car Wash because it was a car wash run completely by skeletons.
It was Saturday. I was in the car with my stepmother, and she asked me, quite bluntly, Would you like to go to the Skeleton Car Wash? I asked, You mean, the one run completely by skeletons? She nodded. The other Skeleton Car Wash was run by the Skeleton family who were not skeletons.
We pulled up to the Skeleton Car Wash, and a skeleton in coveralls walked over to the drivers-side window. Whatll it be, maam? My stepmother asked for a normal wash; the skeleton walked over to my window, rapped on it, and stuck the ten dollar bill my mother had given him right in his eye socket. It popped out of his mouth and I guess it would be scarier if we hadnt just shopped at the Skeleton Supermarket (they have a skeleton in the back that works in the deli).
My stepmother drove into the car wash, and the lights went out. It was just like a regular car wash, except you were supposed to tune your radio to a specific frequency and they would play spooky sound effects. Except I guess the skeletons werent paying attention because there was just a bunch of jungle sounds.
We pulled out of the Skeleton Car Wash onto the main road. We both felt empty, somehow. Suddenly, my stepmother looked at me and asked, Wasnt that car wash supposed to be $8.50? At that point I realized that my stepmother was a ghost all along, and we didnt get our change back and things were scary.
