Dust on the Counter

[Intro]
[Verse]
The tumbler clicks inside the brass
Watching thirty years of shadows pass
The floorboards moan beneath my boot
Like an old tree pulling up its root
Sawdust settled in the grain
Of every shelf and window pane
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve got the heavy master key
To a place that used to be
The center of this little town
Before the big walls tore us down
[Chorus]
It’s just iron, wood, and stone
In a place I used to own
Three generations finally grown
Leaving all I’ve ever known
No hard feelings, no regret
Just a debt to time I finally met
[Post-Chorus]
Lock the door
Walk the floor
[Break]
[Verse]
Half-taped tags on a rusty bin
Where the morning light comes leaking in
Old Man Miller had a steady hand
Best plumber in this stretch of land
Left a grease stain on the pine
Back in nineteen-eighty-nine
Every handshake felt like gold
In a world that’s getting cold
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve got the heavy master key
To a place that used to be
The center of this little town
Before the big walls tore us down
[Chorus]
It’s just iron, wood, and stone
In a place I used to own
Three generations finally grown
Leaving all I’ve ever known
No hard feelings, no regret
Just a debt to time I finally met
[Bridge]
The world gets fast, the world gets big
I’m just a small branch on the twig
The neon lights across the street
Don't know the rhythm of these feet
But they can’t buy the sweat I gave
Or the memories that I’ll save
[Verse]
I see my father in the glass
Watching all the seasons pass
He’d say, "Son, you did your part"
With a hammer and a heavy heart
I’ll leave the light on by the door
Then I won’t walk here anymore
I’ll take the ledger and the pen
And won’t look back this way again
[Chorus]
It’s just iron, wood, and stone
In a place I used to own
Three generations finally grown
Leaving all I’ve ever known
No hard feelings, no regret
Just a debt to time I finally met
[Post-Chorus]
Lock the door
Walk the floor
Let it go
Now I know
[Outro]