Lyrics
Hey, it's me. Sorry. After the four-thirty at Tolleston High.
The joint compound on the ceiling's got a hairline crack, just an inch wide.
You stand there trying to find the right studs in the wall to hang your pride.
And all you can feel is the torque of her smile, pulled a little too tight.
[Chorus]
And it's a look that you learn to brace for.
A look that you sand down smooth.
You just nod through the polite conversation,
Then you build somethin' bulletproof.
[Verse 2]
Yeah, Maya's fine. Got an A-minus in Geometry, she's good.
Ms. Albright clicked her pen, cheap plastic on engineered wood.
Said, "She's a real sharp kid, Bill, for the neighborhood."
And you just measure twice, say thank you, like you know a good father should.
[Bridge]
For a second, the whole room is silent, just a freight train on the Elgin, Joliet line.
You see the rust on the window latch, a slow rot, a bad design.
And you want to tell her 'bout the grain of the person you are, how it's straight and it's fine.
But some structures, you can't get 'em true, can't get plumb on the line.
[Chorus]
And it's a look that you learn to brace for.
A look that you sand down smooth.
You just nod through the polite conversation,
Then you build somethin' bulletproof.
[Outro]
Anyway. Just... just call me back. I'll pick her up tomorrow. Okay.
(sound of a hang-up click)
About Bill Wexler
Bill Wexler builds things. By day, he works as a carpenter in Gary, Indiana, the city where he was born and raised. By night, he builds songs from the quiet, ordinary moments of his life: the hum of a freight train, the weight of a toolbox, the challenge of raising his teenage daughter, Maya. He had Maya when he was 18, and his minimalist soul music is a plainspoken chronicle of a decade spent…
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