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[Intro] [Verse] Sawdust in the slanted light Turning gold before the night Boxes stacked against the wall Waiting for the winter fall I find his heavy flannel coat A lump of cedar in my throat [Pre-Chorus] Worn-out handles, silver steel Everything that he could feel Resting on the workbench floor Behind the heavy cellar door [Chorus] An unfinished wing of oak Wrapped in curls of tobacco smoke He carved a dream he couldn't keep While the rest of us were fast asleep A little bird that never flew Holding all the grief he knew [Verse] Behind the tray of copper nails Where the oldest memory pales A faded photo, bent and thin With a ghost of a younger kin A brother that the river took Left out of every history book [Pre-Chorus] He kept the secret in the wood In a way we never understood Shaving down the bitter years To hide away the salt of tears [Chorus] An unfinished wing of oak Wrapped in curls of tobacco smoke He carved a dream he couldn't keep While the rest of us were fast asleep A little bird that never flew Holding all the grief he knew [Bridge] The chisel bit into the grain To carve away the quiet stain Every stroke a word unsaid For the living and the dead He smoothed the edges soft and round But kept his sorrow underground [Verse] I sit upon his wooden stool Feeling like a clumsy fool I see the bird's lopsided head Resting on its cedar bed I'll leave it here just as it lies Underneath the amber skies [Chorus] An unfinished wing of oak Wrapped in curls of tobacco smoke He carved a dream he couldn't keep While the rest of us were fast asleep A little bird that never flew Holding all the grief he knew [Post-Chorus] The wing is still The room is cold A story left To never be told Rest now, Grandpa Rest now, soul [Outro]
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