Track Insight / Lyrics
You pull the cab to gravel where the blacktop ends
Cypress knees drink water where the river bends
That calico's stuck fast in the porch boards splintered
One paw caught tight where the old nails entered
Dusk paints gold on her calico coat
You strike a match, watch the flame take hold
Fireflies rise from the cypress grove
Night settles soft on the bayou road
Spanish moss drips sweat on the rusted screen door
Mosquitoes whine loud as a V8 roar
She hisses low when you reach to free her paw
Old bayou wisdom keeps you safe from gator's jaw
Dusk paints gold on her calico coat
You strike a match, watch the flame take hold
Fireflies rise from the cypress grove
Night settles soft on the bayou road
Paint peels loose like sunburn on the clapboard side
Tide marks show where hurricane waters dried
Three kittens mewl from underneath the floor
Hunger writes a check that nature can't ignore
Dusk paints gold on her calico coat
You strike a match, watch the flame take hold
Fireflies rise from the cypress grove
Night settles soft on the bayou road
You clip the claw, she bolts like a flash of rust
Kittens tumble out in a soft gray dust
Cab engine ticks cooling in the evening hush
Another fare paid in stars and cypress gust
Dusk paints gold on her calico coat
You strike a match, watch the flame take hold
Fireflies rise from the cypress grove
Night settles soft on the bayou road
Meter reads zero, dawn breaks on the water
Calico queen owns the cypress water
