Lyrics
The Sherwin-Williams can says "Evening Sky" on the lid.
But you know that ain't the truth of what we did.
It’s the color of the water before the first boat goes,
The shade of Great-Aunt Bessie's Sunday clothes.
A little bit of indigo, a little bit of lie.
[Chorus]
This ain't just paint for the porch ceiling sky. (Backing: Porch ceiling sky)
It's a prayer so the restless won't come by. (Backing: Don't come by)
Yeah, you inherit the tools, you inherit the trade,
And you inherit the ghosts the family made.
[Verse 2]
Remember last October, wind was talkin' through the screen?
You said, "Baby, it's just the branches, don't be mean."
But I could feel that old chill creepin' up the floor joist,
Heard a silence in this house that had my brother's voice.
Some wood just holds a splinter you can't ever sand away.
[Chorus]
This ain't just paint for the porch ceiling sky. (Backing: Porch ceiling sky)
It's a prayer so the restless won't come by. (Backing: Don't come by)
Yeah, you inherit the tools, you inherit the trade,
And you inherit the ghosts the family made.
[Bridge]
My granddaddy's hands mixed it in a coffee can.
Said it keeps the worry from un-makin' a man.
So just let me lay my head here on your chest,
And breathe in the quiet that you brought west.
[Outro]
(Lead) Just a little bit of blue...
(Backing) For the porch ceiling sky...
About Sam Crooke
Sam Crooke builds furniture by day and songs by night in his Charleston, South Carolina workshop. Raised in the Gullah Geechee tradition of the Sea Islands, his gospel-rooted soul is shaped by the sudden loss of his older brother in his teens, a silence he's been trying to fill with music ever since. His songs are like the wood he works: heavy, honest, and holding the grain of a story. Sam Crooke…
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