Lyrics
Hey, it's me. I'm out at the Blackwater trestle.
It’s Tuesday, four-thirty, the air is a weight.
The ground smells like creek mud and rust from the metal.
I telegraphed every last word of the hate.
[Chorus]
We’re both on the ropes, Sam, and no one’s keeping score.
Just two heavyweights swaying, too tired for one round more.
[Verse 2]
Remember that summer, the third tie-beam down?
You jumped and you yelled, "It's a long way to fall if you don't know the ground."
Now our silence has got its own footwork, its own kind of ring.
Just circling the kitchen, not saying a thing.
[Chorus]
We’re both on the ropes, Sam, and no one’s keeping score.
Just two heavyweights swaying, too tired for one round more.
[Bridge]
My love is a fighter's love.
It knows how to bleed and get up.
[Outro]
Anyway... just call me when you get this. Bye.
About Kara Dalton
Kara Dalton was born in the Arkansas Ozarks and never saw a reason to leave. She plays the same cracked 1950s 12-string guitar her grandfather taught her on, its sound as raw and resonant as the hollows she calls home. She and her partner Sam, a stonemason, are slowly rebuilding an old cabin by hand on a piece of land backing up to the national forest. These songs are written on the porch after…
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