Grease and Grace

[Intro]
[Verse]
Hands black with oil and dust
Left the wrenches to the rust
Old man coughing in the hall
I didn't answer to his call
I had a suitcase and a song
Thought I knew where I belong
[Pre-Chorus]
The highway was a hollow lie
Underneath a heavy sky
Every mile was a debt I owed
To the man I left on the road
[Chorus]
Lord, hear the baritone moan
I’m coming back to the bone
Wash the grease from my soul
Make this broken engine whole
It’s a ragged kind of prayer
In the smoke and the basement air
[Verse]
Found him in a faded chair
Silver light upon his hair
The Wurlitzer starts to hum
Like the man I’ve become
Down beneath the chapel floor
I can’t run away no more
[Hook]
Deep pocket, heavy beat
Walking on these tired feet
Low brass, let it scream
Waking from a dead-end dream
[Bridge]
The upright bass is a heartbeat now
Wiping sweat from a guilty brow
The shaker’s rattling like the rain
Trying to drown out all the pain
Forgive the son who went away
I’ve got nothing left to say
[Chorus]
Lord, hear the baritone moan
I’m coming back to the bone
Wash the grease from my soul
Make this broken engine whole
It’s a ragged kind of prayer
In the smoke and the basement air
[Post-Chorus]
Heal the metal, heal the man
Hold the grease inside my hand
Heal the metal, heal the man
Doing everything I can
[Breakdown]
The sax is weeping for the years
Mixing oil with the salty tears
Low and heavy, deep and wide
Nowhere left for a man to hide
[Chorus]
Lord, hear the baritone moan
I’m coming back to the bone
Wash the grease from my soul
Make this broken engine whole
It’s a ragged kind of prayer
In the smoke and the basement air
[Outro]