Unlit Fuse

[Verse 1]
Jolene counts the cars on the Nickel Plate line
It’s the third shift whistle for a Saturday night
Eddy pulls a flask from a worn-out coat
Clears a patch of slag where the oil slicks float

[Pre-Chorus]
He draws a map with a greasy hand
A two-lane escape from this company land

[Chorus]
Tomorrow we are a rumor on the wind
We are two new names nobody's ever pinned
Just a story they tell down at the bar

[Verse 2]
He's got two hundred saved in a coffee can
Enough for the gas and a start-up plan
She whispers, “My dad will kill us you know”
But the air tastes of sulfur and she wants to go

[Pre-Chorus]
He draws a map with a greasy hand
A two-lane escape from this company land

[Chorus]
Tomorrow we are a rumor on the wind
We are two new names nobody's ever pinned
Just a story they tell down at the bar

[Bridge]
These hands weren't made for just turning a screw
They were made to hold something bright and new

[Outro]
A spark catches somewhere down on the shore
The river just sleeps and asks for more