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Gus Mahoney

With the gravel in my shoe

Drove trucks for eleven years and writes like someone with time to think and no radio

the numbers

bpm
83
key
A# major
energy
0.70
dance
0.93
valence
0.44
vocal at
2.2s
length
4:48
language
En

lyrics

I left at two with my cuffs still wet

From a beer-slick bar on Woodland street

My truck sat dead by the meter box

So I cut through alleys on tired feet

Milo's sign buzzed by the laundromat

A busted Marlboro pack in my coat

I got one sock soaked from the curbside ditch

And a dime-store receipt in my throat

Your front step looked like a dare in the dark

I heard my keys hit the tin by the door

The house was quiet, the screen door hung loose

And I knew I'd been here before

Keep walking home, keep walking home

Keep walking home, keep walking home

With the gravel in my shoe

And your name stuck on my tongue

Keep walking home, keep walking home

Keep walking home, keep walking home

The Waffle House window still showed three staff

A coffee pot burped by the booth

I watched my face in the cigarette glass

Look like a man with the edge cut loose

By West End, I passed a kid on a bike

And a mattress tied down with twine

I told myself I'd sleep when I got there

Then the porch light split me in half with a line

Keep walking home, keep walking home

Keep walking home, keep walking home

With the gravel in my shoe

And your name stuck on my tongue

Keep walking home, keep walking home

Keep walking home, keep walking home

I found your note on the counter stack

Beside the spoon and the keys

One word bent under the fridge magnet

Like it knew what it did to me

I stood there long as the icebox hummed

With my wet shirt clinging cold

Then I took that breath from the hallway mat

And started back out in the cold

Keep walking home, keep walking home

Keep walking home, keep walking home

With the gravel in my shoe

And your name stuck on my tongue

Keep walking home, keep walking home

Keep walking home, keep walking home