PISTON DRIVE

[Verse 1] You left your coat on the kitchen chair Dust on the cuffs, rain in your hair I found your note by the telephone Three crooked words: “I’m coming home” [Pre-Chorus] The clock keeps chewing through the night I hold that paper to the light [Chorus] Come on back through the front door I won’t ask what you ran for There’s a place at the table still And your old key fits if you will [Verse 2] The sink drips slow in the quiet room Your chipped blue cup still holds its stain I kept the porch bulb burning late Though every passing car was just the rain

[Verse 1] Dusty old boots and a half-full tank Never owed a dime to the county bank Long white line when the sun goes down Leaving all the ghosts in a sleepy town [Chorus] Call it lonely, friend, but I call it free Ain't a cage in this world that was made for me Yeah I walk alone and my stride is wide With a pocket full of road and a fire inside Call it lonely – but I call it free! [Verse 2] Cold wind whistling through a rusted door Don't need a welcome on an old pine floor Got a six-string humming in the shotgun seat And the steady rhythm of the desert heat

[Intro] "One! Two! One, two, three, go!" [Stomping boogie beat, overdriven guitar riff, handclaps] [Verse 1] Heavy pulse, my engine’s running wild in the dark! This restless longing is a razor-sharp spark! Your fading voice gets lost in the cold night air The headlights cut through, but you’re never really there! [Chorus] All or nothing! Tonight’s the night! Step out from the shadows into the light! Rolling loaded dice – walk away or stay! Make your move! Clear the way! It's all or nothing!

[Verse 1] Cold morning coffee, key in the dash Old leather jacket, burning out fast Fifty miles behind me, a hundred to go Turn the rusted knob until you hit the radio! [Chorus] Two towns behind! And fifty miles to go! Turn the rusted knob until you hit the radio! I'm running down the highway, burning through the night! Don't need a destination – just the headlights burning bright! Shaking off the dust... two towns behind! [Verse 2] Neon sign flicker on an empty diner wall Cold asphalt whisper, answer to the call Gravel in the tread, pedal to the floor Ain't looking back through that rearview mirror no more!

[Verse 1] Down inside the dead rock quarry, five cold miles outside of town, Lives the skinner, Devil Jack, and a wife who never smiles. Folks all swear that crooked stare could bring a heavy bull right down, And her shadow stretches out for seven wicked, frozen miles! [Chorus] Little sinners, fear the skinner! Never linger round that spot! Every stray dog loses hope, Knowing he'll be boiled to soap, Like it, boy... [pause] or not! [Verse 2] Black smoke rolling from the pit shack, heavy grease upon the wind, Rusty chains and boiling cauldrons bubbling in the yellow dark. Ain't no preacher ever prayed for the trouble down within, Hear the screeching of his wheelbarrow coming through the park! [Bridge] They say he never sleeps, they say he knows your name! Out where the gravel turns to bone, nobody leaves the same! No, nobody leaves the same! [Chorus] Little sinners, fear the skinner! Never linger round that spot! Every stray dog loses hope, Knowing he'll be boiled to soap, Like it, boy... [pause] or not!