Lyrics
We signed our names in Key Lime Shasta on the Tensaw trestle ties
Felt the whole world rumble under us with thunder in our thighs
A patchwork promise stitched in sweat, too young to know the cost
Felt the cold iron burn of permanence the summer we were lost
[Chorus]
And we were more than shipyard daughters, we were more than sons of clay
We were a seam of rust and glory at the closing of the day
[Verse 2]
We learned to drink, we learned to lie, we learned to hold our own
Danced on the edge of everything we'd ever come to known
Said we were weaving something tougher than the nets out in the bay
Never saw the single threads get picked and pulled away
[Chorus]
And we were more than shipyard daughters, we were more than sons of clay
We were a seam of rust and glory at the closing of the day
[Instrumental Breakdown]
[Bridge]
'We're all getting out of here,' you said that August of '03
Now your name's a ghost on rotting wood for only me to see
And the fabric of that promise feels so threadbare in my hand
Just a single button left from a life we never planned
[Outro]
We were a seam of rust and glory
Fading with the day
About Tammy Wynne
Tammy Wynne grew up a diplomat between two worlds: her Japanese mother's quiet, incense-filled home and her Alabama shipyard father's loud, Southern-Gothic life. This split shaped her voice, a classic Countrypolitan alto that sings about mending the seams of a family and finding beauty in what's been broken. Now married to a carpenter on the Gulf Coast, she writes her heart-wrenching ballads at…
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