Lyrics
The scuff on the tile looks just like Issaquena County.
Ceiling fan's got a slow, three-legged limp.
Smells like old paper and the Lysol they used last week.
My hands are in my pockets, just trying to get a grip.
[Chorus]
Just gotta hold this anchor bolt
Keep the thunder from the lightning jolt
Yeah, I just gotta hold this anchor bolt
'Til my own damn hands revolt.
[Verse 2]
She taps the plexiglass, won't even raise her chin.
Says, "Fill it out again, sir, you gotta read the line."
This cheap pen is sweating plastic on my skin.
It's four-fifteen on a Tuesday, everything is fine.
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Bridge]
My father told me, 'Son, you just sand it down smooth.'
But some wood's got a grain that you can never, ever soothe.
[Chorus]
Just gotta hold this anchor bolt
Keep the thunder from the lightning jolt
Yeah, I just gotta hold this anchor bolt
'Til my own damn hands revolt.
[Outro]
My jaw is sore.
The sun's gone low behind the roof.
About Otis Reddick
Otis Reddick was supposed to go to trade school in Memphis. Instead, the eldest of six siblings in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he stayed home to support his family, trading his scholarship for a job at the local auto-body shop he still works at today. His voice, a raw sandpaper tenor, was honed in the late-night quiet of a garage, surrounded by tools and the ghosts of deferred dreams. These are the…
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