Lyrics
Má, your knuckles are mountains on your hands.
The stainless steel counter's cold at 2 AM.
"The truck comes at sunrise, Hùng, you understand?"
The water in the basin's where the work began.
[Chorus]
And these cilantro ghosts on the tip of my tongue
Sing a song of devotion my own songs ain't sung.
Yeah, a love language I can't speak, but I know by heart.
[Verse 2]
Your shadow's a slow dance on the kitchen wall,
A silver knife whispers through the scallions and all.
"These roots are stubborn, son, you gotta cut 'em deep."
Secrets the irrigation ditches learn to keep.
[Chorus]
And these cilantro ghosts on the tip of my tongue
Sing a song of devotion my own songs ain't sung.
Yeah, a love language I can't speak, but I know by heart.
[Bridge]
You taught me the five tones by the boiling pot,
Said, "Some things are given, some things you got."
[Outro]
Your hands in the basin water... still.
The screen door just sighing on the windowsill.
About Buck Owings
Born Bùi Ngọc Hùng in the heart of California's Little Saigon, Buck Owings was raised translating for his refugee parents in their family's pho restaurant. He found his true voice in the crackle of a Bakersfield AM radio station and the twang of a cheap Telecaster guitar. Now, he sings honky-tonk anthems in custom rhinestone suits embroidered with dragons, telling the stories of a man caught…
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Who is Buck Owings?
Buck Owings is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Country music.
What genre is Cilantro Ghosts?
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