Track Insight / Lyrics
I sit where the gutter ends
Rusted joints and zero friends
Thunder rolls like kitchen timers
Lightning tips like greasy lighters
Morning glories drank their fill
Now I catch what heavens spill
Rain plays scales on dented crown
Best gig in this run-down town
Rust sings loud when sky turns black
Porch wood hums right through the crack
No tip jar, no overtime
Just thunder rhythm, pure and prime
Old man Whitaker taps his cane
Says I sound like Sunday rain
He once flipped eggs on third and Main
Now he nods to my refrain
Rust sings loud when sky turns black
Porch wood hums right through the crack
No tip jar, no overtime
Just thunder rhythm, pure and prime
Floor tom heart beats under feet
Fuzz guitar bites bittersweet
Cold city warms for just a while
One shared song across the aisle
Dawn breaks slow on cracked concrete
Regulars shuffle to their seat
Coffee steam and diesel fumes
Mix with my sweet morning tunes
Spout still drips a slow goodbye
Handle cold beneath the sky
Till next storm calls me to sing
I'm the porch's iron king
Rust sings loud when sky turns black
Porch wood hums right through the crack
No tip jar, no overtime
Just thunder rhythm, pure and prime
Rust sings loud when sky turns black
Porch wood hums right through the crack
No tip jar, no overtime
Just thunder rhythm, pure and prime
Rust sings loud, yeah, rust sings loud
Rain stops. Silence. Tip your hat.
Iron lullaby. Imagine that.