LMNOP Daddy

[Intro] (L-M-N-O-P Daddy) (L-M-N-O-P Daddy) Rain on the glass Choir in the rafters I came up heavy With a grin and a fracture [Verse 1] Boots on mud, but my mind on the map County line dreams and a trunk full of facts Old porch logic, new money math I laugh at the wolves when they circle the path Grandma said, boy, keep your soul in your ribs I kept that prayer where the hard times live Black coffee truth and a pocketknife smile I been lost so long I know every mile They call me trouble, I call it a test I move like a hymn with a pistol of breath Small-town ghost with a jazz club scar I shine in the dark like a broke-down star [Pre-Chorus] Low end coming, hear the floorboards talk Heaven and dirt in the same back walk If I fall, I fall with my chin up high If I fly, I fly through the heaviest night [Chorus] L-M-N-O-P Daddy Bass so low, shake the whole back alley L-M-N-O-P Daddy Choir sing slow while the sub go heavy Country-boy soul, yeah, I came in ready Jazz in my chest and my prayers stay steady L-M-N-O-P Daddy L-M-N-O-P Daddy [Verse 2] Fast talk, quick hands, but I never lose grace A lot of fake saints got smoke in they face I seen big talk shrink in a courtroom light And a man find peace in the middle of fight I got a slide-guitar cry in my left ear A brass section roar when the truth get near I joke with the storm, make the thunder blink 'Cause fear can't drive if you stop to think I’m half front-porch, half midnight mess Philosophy stitched on a dirty blue vest If the whole world doubts me, let it I been a hard lesson and I still got credit [Pre-Chorus] Low end coming, hear the floorboards talk Heaven and dirt in the same back walk If I bend, I bend like a tree in rain Still I rise up strange with a holy name [Chorus] L-M-N-O-P Daddy Bass so low, shake the whole back alley L-M-N-O-P Daddy Choir sing slow while the sub go heavy Country-boy soul, yeah, I came in ready Jazz in my chest and my prayers stay steady L-M-N-O-P Daddy L-M-N-O-P Daddy [Bridge] [Saxophone Bridge] Blue notes spill like whiskey on steel I asked the night what the whole thing mean It said, son, keep your hands on the wheel And don’t call pain the price of the dream (Preacher, talk to me) I said amen to the crooked road 'Cause every scar got a seed it told Then the strings came up like a southern sun And the choir rose for the broken one [Chorus] L-M-N-O-P Daddy Bass so low, shake the whole back alley L-M-N-O-P Daddy Choir sing slow while the sub go heavy Country-boy soul, yeah, I came in ready Jazz in my chest and my prayers stay steady L-M-N-O-P Daddy L-M-N-O-P Daddy [Outro] (L-M-N-O-P Daddy) Ghost choir climbing (L-M-N-O-P Daddy) Rain keep shining I was born in the noise But I speak in fire L-M-N-O-P Daddy Fade out higher