The Keys

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We hauled him off the trailer Our first summer day in the lone star state She drove me hot and humid Sweaty palms I held on to the sidearm Placed him carefully down on the floorboards With a helping hand I played every song I knew And told her that I'd love her [Chorus 1] Even if she'd choose the keys over me I'd still be there lifting them High as the heavens she feared [Verse 2] Two years later with a gang of Texas boys We were hauling him up the ramp again California! I was coming home With the beast of eighty eight black and whites [Chorus 2] Oh the keys! Dead to me They're still here I'm lifting them High as the heavens she fears [Outro] Just this morning The repairer brought his tuner And his toolbox But every instrument overshadowed By the dark toneless keys of my heart And the bones we'll pick apart 'Til they're gone out of our lives And we won't cry anymore