Grandma's chair still pushed back by the stove
Smoking in the air when the night sky got cold
She said: Boy, stay straight when the road gets rough
Now everybody I know just pretends too long
Left that old truck in the yard, paint peeling off
Somewhere time took hold of all of the things we lost
You don't see it go bad, when it goes that slow
You feel it in your chest when there's nowhere to go
Nothing round here breaks without a sound
It just gives a little then it all falls down
One nail, one prayer, one more, one more hour up
You don't see it go bad, when it goes that slow
Yeah, you carry it around
Till it sits in your bones (bones, bones, bones)
You feel it in your chest when there's nowhere to go (go, go, go)
Mockingbird singing somewhere after June
Radio talking to an empty room
Bills on the table, dust on the fan
A man can lose his name, just doing what he can
Nothing round here breaks without a sound
It just gives a little then it all falls down
One nail, one prayer, one more, one more hour up
You don't see it go bad, when it goes that slow
Yeah, you carry it around
Till it sits in your bones (bones, bones, bones)
You feel it in your chest when there's nowhere to go (go, go, go)
I can still hear her cough through the screen door at night
I can still see that ash glow orange in the light
She was hard but honest, and the truth could clean
Ain't nobody left in that house saying what they mean
Nothing round here breaks without a sound
It just gives a little then it all falls down
One nail, one prayer, one more, one more hour up
You don't see it go bad, when it goes that slow
Yeah, you carry it around
Till it leaves you hollow (low, low, low)
You feel it in your chest when there's nowhere to go (go, go, go)
Grandma's chair still pushed back by the stove
Smoking in the air when the nights get cold
Cold, cold, cold