Rain hits the porch boards hard and fast
Lightning splits the eastern mast
Wax cloth moves in steady rounds
Dark leather drinks the oil down
Leather and lightning meet tonight
Storm cannot steal this quiet light
Hands keep working heart keeps time
Rhythm rides the thunder line
Lamp glass shakes in window frame
Salt wind calls the keeper's name
Beam cuts through the driving sheet
Guiding boats to safer street
Leather and lightning meet tonight
Storm cannot steal this quiet light
Hands keep working heart keeps time
Rhythm rides the thunder line
Needle bites the softened hide
Thread pulls straight and true and wide
Each stitch a promise each pull a prayer
Storm breaks loose but we are there
Leather and lightning meet tonight
Storm cannot steal this quiet light
Hands keep working heart keeps time
Rhythm rides the thunder line
Dawn cracks gray across the bay
Clouds retreat in ragged sway
Porch boards dry in morning heat
Boots wait ready for the feet
Leather and lightning met the night
Storm could not steal the quiet light
Hands kept working heart kept time
Rhythm rode the thunder line
Wax cloth folded storm passed by
Light holds steady leather dry
