Primer Coat
The old man's out by the swimming pool
He goes there to think
He talks on the phone sometimes
Hardly mentions a thing
Said he needed it for his knees
He used to swim back in school
Graduated in '84, quit drinking in '92
He used to call her a basket case, for goin' on like she did
The only girl of a foreman's wife, she'd never let him forget
It comes to women and they survive, but when the same comes to men
Someone comes for their babies, something dies there and then
Slinging gravel in parking lots, and looking tough on the hood
A girl as plain as a primer coat, leaves nothing misunderstood
Her mother and I through trembling lips, a steady hand on his own
The future of every rebel 'cause, when all the fight in him is gone
My sister's marrying in the fall, and everything will be fine
'Cause Mama's planning the wedding, Daddy's planning on crying
She's slipping out of her apron strings
You best leave him be
He's staring through his own taillights, and gathering speed
He goes there to think
He talks on the phone sometimes
Hardly mentions a thing
Said he needed it for his knees
He used to swim back in school
Graduated in '84, quit drinking in '92
He used to call her a basket case, for goin' on like she did
The only girl of a foreman's wife, she'd never let him forget
It comes to women and they survive, but when the same comes to men
Someone comes for their babies, something dies there and then
Slinging gravel in parking lots, and looking tough on the hood
A girl as plain as a primer coat, leaves nothing misunderstood
Her mother and I through trembling lips, a steady hand on his own
The future of every rebel 'cause, when all the fight in him is gone
My sister's marrying in the fall, and everything will be fine
'Cause Mama's planning the wedding, Daddy's planning on crying
She's slipping out of her apron strings
You best leave him be
He's staring through his own taillights, and gathering speed
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Writer(s): John Michael Cooley
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