Scrapyard Gospel

[Intro]
[Verse]
Back lot behind the hill
Where the iron stays still
You were bending the chrome
Making junk feel like home
I was just ten years old
Watching silver turn to gold
In the heat of the yard
When the living got hard
[Pre-Chorus]
You hummed a low tune
Under a white noon
Taught me how to see
What a man ought to be
[Chorus]
It’s a scrapyard gospel song
Where the broken parts belong
Fix the frame, find the light
Keep your spirit burning bright
Yeah, you traded the rust
For a heart you could trust
Iron and grace
In this dusty old place
[Post-Chorus]
Hammer and the bone
Never walk alone
Hammer and the bone
[Verse]
I left for the city lights
Lost in the neon nights
Forgot the grease on my skin
Where the trouble begins
Twenty years flew away
In a cold, gray haze
Left your letters unread
With the ghosts in my head
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I’m back at the gate
Hope it’s not too late
To find the man I knew
And the debt that is due
[Chorus]
It’s a scrapyard gospel song
Where the broken parts belong
Fix the frame, find the light
Keep your spirit burning bright
Yeah, you traded the rust
For a heart you could trust
Iron and grace
In this dusty old place
[Bridge]
The B3 starts to moan
Like a king on a throne
You look up from the wheel
With a grip made of steel
Your hands are like stone
But the warmth is well known
I’m sorry for the time
And the hills I had to climb
[Verse]
We sat on the crate
By the rusty old gate
You didn’t say much
Just the weight of your touch
A handshake like fire
Lifting me higher
Out of the dirt
And the years of the hurt
[Chorus]
It’s a scrapyard gospel song
Where the broken parts belong
Fix the frame, find the light
Keep your spirit burning bright
Yeah, you traded the rust
For a heart you could trust
Iron and grace
In this dusty old place
[Outro]