Lyrics
The truth is a sawtooth grain, ain't it?
Tears you up whichever way you move.
[Verse 1]
The blue light from Chris' Jazz Cafe bleeds on the Broad Street rain.
You saw her hand trace the seam on that stranger’s coat again.
It's a quarter-past-nine on a Tuesday, boy, and the chill off the Schuylkill is real.
You saw a dovetail joint that wasn't built for a lifetime's seal.
[Chorus]
The truth is a sawtooth grain, ain't it?
Tears you up whichever way you move.
[Verse 2]
Last week, over grits at his kitchen table, you heard him plain.
"'She's the keel of my whole world, B,' he said, 'she keeps me sane.'"
Now you're watching the two of them, and you're already missing your friend.
Knowing this quiet in your car is the last good moment before the end.
[Chorus]
The truth is a sawtooth grain, ain't it?
Tears you up whichever way you move.
[Bridge]
At low tide, Gussie told you, you see every wreck clear on the mud.
A silence now is a different kind of lie soaking in the blood.
[Outro]
Yeah, a sawtooth grain.
Tears you whichever way you move.
About Barry Whyte
Barry Whyte learned piano at the knee of his grandmother, Gussie, in the Gullah Geechee heartland of coastal South Carolina. At 20, he took a one-way bus ticket to Philadelphia, seeking the sound of the city's soul tradition. His music is the conversation between those two worlds: the Lowcountry's tidal patience and Philly's concrete grit. He still works as an accompanist at a dance studio…
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