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Heavy Steel

from Best Beasts by Matt Harlan

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lyrics

Staring at the clouds around
A freshly setting sun —
A gang of grey, just pushing out
The yellow and the orange.

Watch the lights turn down
The shadows that were born today.
The ashtray fills, the bottle’s low.

A flip-top box reveals a lonely lucky cigarette.
You touch the flame to the tip and watch it glowing red,
And breathe in all the answers to
Your life and how it ends.
You snuff it out — much too soon, remembering...

Chorus:
Like jeans these dreams are worn —
Trying hard to beat the rain out on the highway tonight.
Heavy steel and spinning wheels collide.

We left town some time ago
For all the things we ever wanted,
Only I came back alone.
But last night I took your old guitar
And plugged it in your amplifier —
The action’s low, but like the tubes I know
You’re humming right along.

So I’ll drink vodka to remember you
And whiskey to forget.
If I don’t say your name,
Well I can act as if you never left.
Without your laughter,
This old town seems that much darker,
And the ashtrays fill,
But the bottle’s never full enough.

CHORUS

credits

from Best Beasts, released July 12, 2019
Matt Harlan – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
BettySoo – Vocals
Rich Brotherton – Electric Baritone Guitar and Cittern
Warren Hood – Violin
Stefano Intelisano - Keys
Glenn Fukunaga - Upright Bass
Mike Meadows – Drums, Percussion

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Matt Harlan Houston, Texas

Matt Harlan is a troubadour of the first degree, bringing songs of bus-stops, coffee-shops and lives overlooked to stages across his home-state of Texas, the USA and Europe. His expressive vocals recall Chris Smither and Chris Knight, shading his poignant songs with soaring heart and aching grit. ... more

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