Lyrics
The Christmas lights on the Kanawha courthouse blink off-time.
Your breath fogs up the glass of this pickup of mine.
This whole damn town is holding its breath for the Ohio's climb,
But the eyebar chain just hums a low tune, marking the time.
[Chorus]
We'll call this one the good day.
Before the river got hungry, before the pressure gave way.
Yeah, we'll call this one the good day,
And I ain't giving a second of it away.
[Verse 2]
The sign at the diner promises coffee for just a dime.
It's cold enough to feel the vinyl crackle on your spine.
You said, "Bet it'll snow by morning, that's a pretty good sign."
I'm just tracing the map of a hairline fracture, a future fault line.
[Chorus]
We'll call this one the good day.
Before the river got hungry, before the pressure gave way.
Yeah, we'll call this one the good day,
And I ain't giving a second of it away.
[Bridge]
There's no headlines yet, just the engine's low drone.
Just two ghosts in a cab, in the quiet, all alone.
[Chorus]
We'll call this one the good day.
Before the river got hungry, before the pressure gave way.
Yeah, we'll call this one the good day,
And I ain't giving a second of it away.
[Outro]
Tomorrow is just a rumor in the air.
A different kind of quiet is waiting there.
About Lane Stayton
As the oldest of six in a West Virginia factory town, Lane Stayton had to parent his siblings while still a child himself. The resentment and fierce loyalty of that stolen youth fuels his music—a heavy, sludgy grunge built on down-tuned guitars and his own pained, double-tracked vocal harmonies. His songs, written on a beat-up acoustic in a small apartment overlooking the Ohio River, are raw…
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