Lyrics
Hey, it's… it's me. Sorry. The last coat of tung oil is dry on the Baldwin.
It’s quarter past three on a Tuesday, I think, and the whole house smells like new growth.
My thumbprint on the high C leaves no trace.
I thought I’d feel something different in this place.
[Chorus]
I got the dovetail flush and the finish so deep.
So why's the silence in this room a promise I can't keep?
Yeah, the dovetail's flush, perfect as a prayer.
But there's just all this dust still hanging in the air.
[Verse 2]
Spent all of last winter just deadheading the rot,
Sanding down to the good grain, or what I thought I got.
'You just gotta finish one thing,' you said, I remember the heat in your tone.
Learned to make a clean joint, still ended up alone.
[Chorus]
I got the dovetail flush and the finish so deep.
So why's the silence in this room a promise I can't keep?
Yeah, the dovetail's flush, perfect as a prayer.
But there's just all this dust still hanging in the air.
[Bridge]
The hum from the furnace is a low, hollow pith.
I built you a throne, but there's no one to sit with.
This victory's quiet, a Michigan kind of grey.
[Outro]
Anyway. I just... I wanted you to know it was done. Call me.
About Marvin Gates
Born in Detroit to a UAW worker and a librarian, Marvin Gates was a soul prodigy who nearly lost it all. At 28, he hit a quiet rock bottom, pawning the vintage Fender Rhodes his grandfather had given him. Getting sober wasn't just about putting down the bottle; it was about rebuilding a life from the ground up. Now, seven years clean and working part-time in a plant nursery, his sensual soul-funk…
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