Slaid Cleaves - Primer Gray

Haunting track from the 2017 Slaid Cleaves album "Ghost On The Car Radio". www.SlaidCleaves.com
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Pulled the engine, with the block and chain
Got the oil pump in, just before the rain
In the gravel drive, it's a Pontiac
On the weekend you'll find me at the track
It's a seventy-four, Dad bought it new
Still mostly stock, and it's rusted through
I only worry, 'bout what's underneath
What she looks like don't mean a damn to me
'Cause you don't need, that flash and shine
You just need to be hard off the line
So keep your lacquer, chrome and flames
I'll paint mine primer gray
Some men are rich, and they'll let you know
Some guys act tough, it's all a show
I know the things, men hold inside
We're all about the same when you turn out the lights
'Cause you don't need, that flash and shine
You just need to be hard off the line
So keep your lacquer, chrome and flames
I'll paint mine primer gray
Dad was pretty fast back in the day
Bring that trophy home now, Mama used to say
It'd sit there on the shelf gathering dust
Luck turns to loss, and chrome to rust
I've got that car, detailed and tuned
My boy's sixteen, he'll be driving soon
But he won't drive, that old seventy-four
Kids today they all want something more
Cause you don't need, that flash and shine
You just need to be hard off the line
So keep your lacquer, chrome and flames
I'll paint mine primer gray
It's what you do, not what you say
I'll paint mine primer gray

[@SlaidCleavesOfficial]

Love that photo. Well done, GuitarNerd1369.

[@alanbarclay1793]

A meditation on the meaning of life, and what it means to be a man, disguised as a car song. Disciplined, tasteful, and beautiful guitar work.

[@ttwillow9073]

Thats what I think too.

[@dbelew]

Slaid continues to outdo himself. Thanks for posting.

[@elizabethross2354]

I pulled the engine with a block and chain
Got the oil pump in just before the rain
In the gravel drive, it's a Pontiac
Come the weekend you'll find me at the track
It's a '74, Dad bought it new
Still mostly stock and it's rusted through
I only worry 'bout what's underneath
What she looks like don't mean a damn to me
'Cause you don't need that flash and shine
You just need to be hard off the line
So keep your lacquer chrome and flames
I'll paint mine primer gray
Some men are rich, and they'll let you know
Some guys act tough, it's all a show
I know the things men hold inside
We're all about the same when you turn out the lights
'Cause you don't need that flash and shine . . .
Dad was pretty fast back in the day
"Bring that trophy home now," Mama used to say
They sit there on the shelf gathering dust
Luck turns to loss, chrome to rust
I've got that car detailed and tuned
My boy's 16, he'll be driving soon
But he won't drive that old '74
Kids today, they all want something more
But you don't need that flash and shine
You just need to be hard off the line
So keep your lacquer chrome and flames
I'll paint mine primer gray
It's what you do, not what you say
I'll paint mine primer gray

[@judewallace6412]

We had a 74 stashed for our son, born in 74...he wanted a Wrangler!

[@yammieboost4714]

My new favorite thing

[@roybaker3463]

Paint my life Primer Gray.

[@blumenthol]

I used your line here. Thankyou

[@mrsendmomoney]

Nice

[@johnlawshe7714]

Mine was yellow zinc chromate. Just not as melodic. :-)

[@ttwillow9073]

Is this about your car or your wife?

[@simonh5110]

Good song. Like to here it in a deeper voice tho.

[@user-re1js8cx4r]

My boyfriend is the best