Lyrics
The key you left under the pot of bolted cilantro
Is still cold in my palm in the third week of May.
Your whole life gone dormant under a fine film of dust,
Like fallow ground that's just waiting for a hard kind of rain.
[Chorus]
This is just leftover light, this is heirloom soil.
You pruned back your whole life, let the wild things spoil.
[Verse 2]
A postcard from Gallup taped crooked to the door,
Says "Companion plant parsley, it'll ask for no more."
The neon 'Bar' sign is bleeding its red on the floor,
A dull, steady color you don't live with anymore.
[Chorus]
This is just leftover light, this is heirloom soil.
You pruned back your whole life, let the wild things spoil.
[Bridge]
One cracked coffee mug. Three overdue bills.
A hard winter waiting. On the high desert hills.
[Outro]
I'll lock up behind me, leave the cilantro alone.
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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Who is Waylon Jensen?
Waylon Jensen is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Country music.
What genre is Heirloom Soil?
Heirloom Soil is Country.
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