Lyrics
The wind's whipping gravel 'cross the I-40 access road.
My knuckles are burning, carrying a heavy kind of load.
Through her screen door, a single lamp cuts the gloom,
The hum of the ballast narrowing the room.
She sees the bandage, asks me what went wrong.
I've had the answer ready all night long.
[Chorus]
Just a splinter from the porch rail pine.
Slipped with the hammer, happens all the time.
Dad always said, "Watch your hands, son, you'll be fine."
Just a splinter from the porch rail pine.
[Verse 2]
Tuesday, after the second notice showed.
The smell of his whiskey on the Sunday clothes.
He put his hands on you, a debt I had to pay.
I gave him a stripped gear for the things he had to say.
That 'Vacancy' sign flickered red on the floor,
Same color my hand was, walking out his door.
[Bridge]
Some truths are just blown gaskets, they only leak and stain.
Some hurts are better buried out beyond the rain.
[Chorus]
Just a splinter from the porch rail pine.
Slipped with the hammer, happens all the time.
Dad always said, "Watch your hands, son, you'll be fine."
Just a splinter from the porch rail pine.
[Outro]
Watch your hands, son.
Yeah, you'll be fine.
About Waylon Jensen
Waylon Jensen learned to write songs while working as a diesel mechanic in Gallup, New Mexico. He was raised by a single mother who worked the diner shift at the El Rancho Hotel, and her tired resilience is etched into every line he sings. His raw, electric country songs, played on a worn Fender Telecaster, are stories for the forgotten towns and the people who stay. This is the sound of the high…
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Porch Rail Pine is Country.
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