Lyrics
Hey. The air compressor just sighed off for the night.
My hands are under the faucet, tryna get the color right.
It's Tuesday, I think. Past midnight, anyway.
Figured I'd… I had a thing I was trying to say.
[Chorus]
I'm just trying not to cross the wires.
Build this thing up square and true.
Afraid I'll pull the whole damn sky down
Trying to get a hold of you.
[Verse 2]
You said, "call me when the noise gets low"... well, it's low.
Just the sound of a single moth hitting the window.
I can overhaul an engine blindfolded, you know?
But my tongue rusts shut when I get this close.
[Chorus]
I'm just trying not to cross the wires.
Build this thing up square and true.
Afraid I'll pull the whole damn sky down
Trying to get a hold of you.
[Bridge]
The last house I built for someone in my head…
The foundation cracked before the first word was said.
[Chorus]
(Key change up)
God, I'm trying not to cross the wires!
Build this thing up square and true!
I'm gonna pull the whole damn sky down
Just to get a hold of you!
(Song fades to silence for 3 seconds)
(Voicemail beep)
[Outro]
...Anyway. My hands are clean now. Almost.
Hope this signal's strong enough to stick.
About Otis Reddick
Otis Reddick was supposed to go to trade school in Memphis. Instead, the eldest of six siblings in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he stayed home to support his family, trading his scholarship for a job at the local auto-body shop he still works at today. His voice, a raw sandpaper tenor, was honed in the late-night quiet of a garage, surrounded by tools and the ghosts of deferred dreams. These are the…
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