Track Insight / Lyrics
Black leather rests on barnacled wood
Wind sings through the piling gaps
Salt crust forms where fingers stood
Harbor swallows engine claps
Salt and leather, leather and salt
Tide don't care who wore them last
Wind stitches seams with brine and salt
Pier keeps secrets, holds them fast
Dockhand left them, maybe Pete
Or the girl with red-painted nails
Coffee steam on Fourth Street
Knows the weight of heavy tales
Salt and leather, leather and salt
Tide don't care who wore them last
Wind stitches seams with brine and salt
Pier keeps secrets, holds them fast
Cook flips eggs at three a.m.
Regulars grunt, newspapers fold
Gloves out there don't need a name
Just the dark and water cold
Salt and leather, leather and salt
Tide don't care who wore them last
Wind stitches seams with brine and salt
Pier keeps secrets, holds them fast
Saxophone cries through porthole glass
Bass line deep as anchor chain
Morning breaks on dirty brass
Gloves still wait for falling rain
Shift ends, keys hit counter top
Sun paints gold on rusted steel
Leather sleeps while gulls call stop
Harbor keeps what time won't heal
Salt and leather, leather and salt
Tide don't care who wore them last
Wind stitches seams with brine and salt
Pier keeps secrets, holds them fast
Salt and leather, leather and salt
Dawn won't ask, and night won't tell
Pier keeps secrets, holds them well
Piano fades on final note
Gloves still waiting, pier and salt