The Left-Hand Leather

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on the dash of this Ford
Things I can no longer afford
Reached for a map in the dark
Found a cold, lonesome spark
Tucked deep in the corner there
A ghost in the humid air
[Pre-Chorus]
Stained by the oil and the clay
The weight of a long working day
It’s curved to the shape of his grip
Like a memory starting to slip
[Chorus]
He never said I love you plain
Just taught me how to gauge the rain
To keep my head down in the field
And never let the spirit yield
Now I'm gripping the wheel so tight
Guided by his ghost tonight
The leather's stiff and the fit is wide
But I've got his pride tucked inside
[Verse]
I remember the wire he pulled
When the summer heat finally lulled
He'd wipe his brow with a sleeve
Giving me reason to believe
That silence is a heavy stone
You learn to carry on your own
[Chorus]
He never said I love you plain
Just taught me how to gauge the rain
To keep my head down in the field
And never let the spirit yield
Now I'm gripping the wheel so tight
Guided by his ghost tonight
The leather's stiff and the fit is wide
But I've got his pride tucked inside
[Bridge]
I’m driving the roads he knew
Under the same shade of blue
Doing the things he would do
Trying to see the view through
The eyes of a man who grew
Something out of nothing too
[Verse]
I put it on just to see
If his hand still felt like me
The knuckles are frayed and torn
Just like the day I was born
I’m a drifter on a gravel track
With no way of turning back
Just a glove in a rusted cab
Taking what I can finally grab
[Chorus]
He never said I love you plain
Just taught me how to gauge the rain
To keep my head down in the field
And never let the spirit yield
Now I'm gripping the wheel so tight
Guided by his ghost tonight
The leather's stiff and the fit is wide
But I've got his pride tucked inside
[Outro]