Heels clack like a heart on the railroad track
Swamp heat rising where the blacktop cracks
She got a matchstick smile burning slow and cruel
Tug my sleeve baby play me like a fool
(Sharp as a shadow in noon light)
Steel guitar moans through the screen door hinge
Vanessa don't beg she just lingers and winks
One sip from that mason jar truth
Tell me who's kneelin' when the devil's in the room
Oh Vanessa bend the moon crooked
Dusty spokes turning in your
(Spinnin' wheels hum)
Oh Vanessa split the dawn open
Every step's a bargain I'll keep broken
(Leather on chrome)
Porch bulb flickers with the cicada hymn
She trades her secrets for a flask of ain
Rusted chain swings 'neath her collarbone
Ain't no savior here just a crooked throne
Oh Vanessa bend the moon crooked
Dusty spokes turning in your pocketbook
(Spinnin' wheels hum)
Oh Vanessa split the dawn open
Fverv sten's a baraain I'll keen broken
(Leather on chrome)
Hound dogs bark at the freight train's whine
She'll board that ghost track when the stars align
Ribbon of smoke where her name gets called
Ain't no returns at the crossroads mall
Oh Vanessa bend the moon crooked
Dusty spokes turning in your pocketbook
(Spinnin' wheels hum)
Oh Vanessa split the dawn open
Every step's a bargain I'll keep broken
(Leather on chrome)