Track Insight / Lyrics
Belts and welders sizzle, steel scrapes the floor
Down in the basement club, rhythm starts to roar
Jazz piano shimmers, bass throbs underneath
A hotnight romance stirs in the smoky heat
Cool breeze off Lake Shore, denim shy and worn
Welder's palms stained blue, a rustic second skin
Tong sparking, sparks flying, shop floor beneath his feet
Just outside, saxophones sing, a siren's tempting beat
Pearly white smile, offered drink in hand
Fading cheap cologne, pick-me-up for his steel-tired band
He rises, spins away, to find his man
And lost himself in jazz, an underworld band
Demolition man blues, smoky after hours night
Foolish in love, he'll probably get burned tonight
Demolition man blues, worn denim, heavy heart
Electric attraction, fever's starting to depart
Raucous laughter echoes, cigarette smoke weaves
On small tables, two bodies sway to the beat he heaves
Fingers drumming time, rhythm's spirit shines
Inflamed by whiskey kisses, sweat-soaked undershirts and shine
Their dancing shadows flicker, twined on walls of red
He tastes the whiskey bite, and feels the heat in her head
When the song's solo calls, they find their separate spaces
Where regret and longing brew, like the shadows that embrace
Demolition man blues, smoky after hours night
Foolish in love, he'll probably get burned tonight
Demolition man blues, worn denim, heavy heart
Electric attraction, fever's starting to depart
Invented by dreams, the now of this night
Where a welder's reckoning meets a jazz dancer's delight
Just how far to fall, when the music fades
Will he trade his spark plugs for the other's shades?
Demolition man blues, smoky after hours night
Foolish in love, he'll probably get burned tonight
Demolition man blues, worn denim, heavy heart
Electric attraction, fever's starting to depart
Jazz fog clears, neon's gonna shine
He'll rise to the morning, find his welding line
And though the dance floor's empty, the song will remain
Of his demolition man blues, in the city's shade of vain.
