Lyrics
The nine-fifteen freight just shook the highball glasses.
He's laughing low, tracing the back of her hand.
Kid next to me wipes the bar, says "'Man, that's forever right there.'"
Looks like they're drawing a map to some promised land.
[Chorus]
(A perfect picture, built to last)
(Backing Vocals: Yeah, built to last)
(Holding steady, holding fast)
(Backing Vocals: So steady, so fast)
[Verse 2]
I see the water ring her glass is making on the oak.
I see the way her smile don't ever reach her eyes.
That ain't a map, son, that's just pretty words he spoke.
It's a two-by-four holding up a ceiling full of lies.
[Chorus]
(A perfect picture, built to last)
(Backing Vocals: Yeah, built to last)
(Holding steady, holding fast)
(Backing Vocals: So steady, so fast)
[Bridge]
He checked his watch, stood up slow, didn't meet her gaze.
His hand left the table first, cold condensation on the spot.
She watched him leave through the neon haze.
Just another good foundation left to rot.
[Outro]
Just a hairline crack...
(Backing Vocals, fading: ...built to last...)
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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