Lyrics
Anna, that pile of T-beam by the fence line
I swore to God I'd haul it off by June.
Spent a hundred nights with a Lincoln welder's whine,
Burning rods down to a crescent moon.
Every joint I made was a hairline fracture,
Every angle fought me like a mule.
[Chorus]
But I ain't praying for no easy beauty,
I'm screaming hymns into a storm of sparks.
And I hammered out a hallelujah duty
For this ugly grace that's beating in the dark.
[Verse 2]
You'd bring me coffee, black, in that chipped Thermos
At three A.M., the air was sharp with slag.
You'd just watch my hands, you never got nervous,
Said, "Looks like you're fighting with an empty bag."
But you'd lean against the drill press, cold and quiet,
And never once you asked me what's it for.
[Chorus]
'Cause I ain't praying for no easy beauty,
I'm screaming hymns into a storm of sparks.
And I hammered out a hallelujah duty
For this ugly grace that's beating in the dark.
[Bridge]
Tonight the pieces fit without a shim, girl.
The arc burned blue and steady, pure and true.
And for a second, the whole rusty world went dim, girl...
[Chorus]
No, I ain't praying for no easy beauty!
I'm screaming hymns into a storm of sparks!
And I hammered out a hallelujah duty
For this ugly grace that's beating in the dark!
[Outro]
It's got your shoulders, Anna.
And all my rust.
About Johnny Crawford
Johnny Crawford is from Gary, Indiana, the son of a third-generation Polish-American steelworker. He works the night-shift as a factory maintenance tech, writing songs on his grandfather's cracked 1968 Gibson about the lives of the people he sees every day. His music is a raw, unflinching portrait of the American Rust Belt, carrying the torch of outlaw storytellers like Johnny Cash and Steve…
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