she walked to the park in the dark   her best friend was her own heart beat   with every little step she'd take   she'd get one step closer to leaving      sitting in her kitchen at night   she listened to her washing machine   just wishing that she could leave   but there were so many loads to clean      she could hear it in her head sometimes   like the change that she keeps saving in a jar   the chains on the front porch swing   were creaking like steps in the dark      one day soon this is all gonna end   one day soon maybe it'll all begin      she took from him all the time   he was the best she'd ever seen   oh he was stomping up and down the hall   but she could still hear her washing machine      she could hear it in her head sometimes   like the change that she keeps saving in a jar   the chains on the front porch swing   were creaking like steps in the dark         one day soon this is all gonna end   one day soon maybe it'll all begin      what a fine man   fine man for me   a little too much for me   for me and my washing machine