Lyrics
The static on the landline from your house in Seeley
Hisses through a Tuesday afternoon, hot and hazy
You're talking 'bout a porch rail, the wood's gone soft with dust
And the price of galvanized screws you just can't trust
[Chorus]
And this is my nickel-plated prayer
(Let me remember the sound)
Just to keep you talking there
(The way your voice is right now)
[Verse 2]
I can smell the creosote through the bad connection
Same way I smelled it back in ninety-seven's section
When you were patching up the roof with tar and borrowed time
Said, "A man's got two good hands, son, and that ain't no crime."
[Chorus]
And this is my nickel-plated prayer
(Let me remember the sound)
Just to keep you talking there
(The way your voice is right now)
[Bridge]
Every nail you ever hammered holds this whole world true
And I'm trying not to think about a world that don't have you
[Outro]
Yeah, I'll call you Sunday.
Love you too. Bye.
About Merle Hadrian
Merle Hadrian was born in Calexico, California, the son of an Okie irrigation worker and a mother from Mexicali. He spent twenty years working the same canals as his father, writing songs on a beat-up Telecaster about the borderlands he called home. After losing his wife, he cashed in his pension to make a pilgrimage to Bakersfield and record the stories of his life, turning the dust and…
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Who is Merle Hadrian?
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