Lyrics
The blue light of this Tracfone paints the ceiling gray
Your name on the screen just turned to dust and blew away
Three seventeen in the morning, the whole house is still
Just a thumbprint smudge on a glass that's colder than the chill
[Chorus]
And I finally shut the headgate
A little victory, a little too late
[Verse 2]
The last green bubble you ever sent, I knew by heart
“Got the limes for the Coronas, mi amor. Almost home.” — a brand new start
Now it's just a blank spot where the photos used to be
A list of numbers that don't mean a damn thing to me
[Chorus]
And I finally shut the headgate
A little victory, a little too late
[Bridge]
Just a ghost in the circuits, a phantom call
Wasn't really you there, wasn't you at all
[Outro]
Just the hum of the icebox
And the empty space
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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