Track Insight / Lyrics
I found a bike behind the garage
Rust ate spokes while dust turned amber
I clicked the pedal, something gave
A summer ghost began to fade
Marta's map was folded tight
Blue ink bled through the summer white
I pedaled past the sleeping store
Sprayed sand stars across the door
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One mile left, but daylight's low
The paper moon begins to glow
Hold my wrist and don't let go
Film can only catch the afterglow
Rusty bike, rusty bike
Roll with me through time
Carry what we lost
Back to the last rhyme
Rusty bike, rusty bike Every scar reflects
We were fast and bright
We were warm and right
Dad's old thermos sweating brown
Ticket stubs were littering town
We cut the fence beside the lake
Two cold hands held the shaking brake
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A milk carton splashed white stars
Across the windshield, taped in jars
Half-speed summer never slows
While we ride where the river goes
Rusty bike, rusty bike
Roll with me through time
Carry what we lost
Back to the last rhyme
Rusty bike, rusty bike
Every scar reflects
We were fast and bright
We were warm and right
Rain had braided through the chain
Rust made petals from each stain
A lost left glove hung from the bar
I carried both at the county fair
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Sandals sticking to the tar
Mosquito hum beneath the jar
I flash the hills in faded blue
One bare foot says I'm coming through
Rusty bike, rusty bike
Roll with me through time
Carry what we lost
Back to the last rhyme
Rusty bike, rusty bike
Every scar reflects
We were fast and bright
We were warm and right
Grandma waved from the porch at noon
Apples gleamed like little moons
I turned the lens toward her chair
Then chased my shadow down the square
I lift the camera from the floor
Dust clouds turn to stars above the door
A silent frame says let it go
Then rusty spokes begin to glow
Rusty bike, rusty bike
Roll with me through time
Carry what we lost
Back to the last rhyme
Rusty bike, rusty bike Every scar reflects
We were fast and bright
We are still that light
I stop beneath the pecan shade
With all four seasons in the frame
You keep the flash, I keep the wheel
Turn the crank and let it play