Lyrics
The JVC television glowed a toxic green
On the Sriracha bottles, all lined up and clean.
October sixteenth, 'eighty-nine, the air felt cool.
Ba wiped the counter down by his favorite stool.
[Chorus]
And they only sing about the shake and the sway,
The minute that stole the whole damn day.
But the Cypress still stands in the back of my head,
Over all the quiet words we never said.
[Verse 2]
The Giants were down, announcer's voice was low,
Like a muddy irrigation canal with nowhere to go.
Ba pointed with his chin and said, “'They'll never win.
'Some roots are planted way too deep to just dig in.'”
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Some harvests come too early, the fruit gets bruised.
Some perfect things are meant for being used
Up by the moment, then they're gone for good,
Beneath the rubble and the splintered wood.
[Chorus]
And they only sing about the shake and the sway,
The minute that stole the whole damn day.
But the Cypress still stands in the back of my head,
Over all the quiet words we never said.
[Outro]
Yeah, the Cypress still stands.
That's what I tell myself instead.
About Buck Owings
Born Bùi Ngọc Hùng in the heart of California's Little Saigon, Buck Owings was raised translating for his refugee parents in their family's pho restaurant. He found his true voice in the crackle of a Bakersfield AM radio station and the twang of a cheap Telecaster guitar. Now, he sings honky-tonk anthems in custom rhinestone suits embroidered with dragons, telling the stories of a man caught…
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