High above the cedar beam
Copper glints like a frozen stream
Wooden porch is damp and grey
Waiting for the light of day
Turning fast in the sudden gale
Copper wing and a rusted nail
Screaming loud as the thunder rolls
Bending low where the lightning strolls
Silver streaks hit the valley floor
Rattling every heavy door
Iron hinges start to shake
While the sleeping gardens wake
Bending back in a metal arc
Glowing bright in the velvet dark
Holding tight to the attic peak
While the timber joints start to creak
Turning fast in the sudden gale
Copper wing and a rusted nail
Screaming loud as the thunder rolls
Bending low where the lightning strolls
Cold wind bites at the painted pine
Tracing out a jagged line
Heavy clouds break the summer heat
Falling hard on the gravel street
Now the storm moves across the hill
Everything is sudden and still
Copper points to the distant west
Giving all the wild winds a rest
Turning fast in the sudden gale
Copper wing and a rusted nail
Screaming loud as the thunder rolls
Bending low where the lightning strolls
Copper spin, copper gold
A story that the weather told
Spinning low, spinning slow