Track Insight / Lyrics
Desert wind whips through the shade pines
Neon sign flickers, "Rooms to Let" signs
Whiskey breath hangs in the humid air
Piano tuner's stare, vacant and bare
Bent keys, desert moon, broken chords
His heartstrings tuned, never been adored
A symphony of silence, a dusty, worn refrain
Bent keys, he's lost his name
Motel walls, thin and bare to the bone
Another stranger's grief, he's all alone
Highway hums a lullaby, low and deep
He counts the cracks, while the world sleeps
Bent keys, desert moon, broken chords
His heartstrings tuned, never been adored
A symphony of silence, a dusty, worn refrain
Bent keys, he's lost his name
Fingers trace the ivory, worn smooth and grey
Each note a memory, fades with the day
He plays a blues, a mournful, sweet lament
For a love unspoken, a future unmeant
Santa Fe sprawls beneath the starlit sky
He walks the veranda, beneath the watchful eye
Of a hawk perched on a neon sign's spire
His soul, a melody, consumed by the fire
Dawn breaks over mesas, painting the sky
He packs his tools, waves goodbye
Another town, another lonely sound
Bent keys, searching for ground
Bent keys, desert moon, broken chords
His heartstrings tuned, never been adored
A symphony of silence, a dusty, worn refrain
Bent keys, he's found his name
