Steel keys rooted in the gray
Underneath the porch all day
Saguaro stands a frozen guard
Rusting in the motel yard
Iron petals in the heat
Tapping rhythms on the street
Black ink bleeding on the page
Locked inside a metal cage
Silt and salt in every gear
Waiting for the wind to clear
Dried agave by the wall
Watching all the empires fall
Iron petals in the heat
Tapping rhythms on the street
Black ink bleeding on the page
Locked inside a metal cage
Old ribbons tied in a knot
Baking in a desert plot
Copper wires like tangled vines
Tracing out the jagged lines
Iron petals in the heat
Tapping rhythms on the street
Black ink bleeding on the page
Locked inside a metal cage
Typewriter under the shade
Where the summer colors fade
Pressed against the concrete floor
Waiting for an open door
Iron petals in the heat
Tapping rhythms on the street
Black ink bleeding on the page
Locked inside a metal cage
Tapping on the street Iron petals heat
(Group shout) Hit it!
