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Cutter Coasty, Jack of All Waves

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[Warm Saxophone Intro] [Verse 1] Cutter never fights for center. Never needs to steal the show. He just waits there by the shoreline, Watching where the current goes. Then somebody needs a trumpet. Cutter says, "Yeah, I can play." Someone needs a little mandolin. He says, "Throw it my way." [Pre-Chorus] Strings or brass. Keys or reeds. Whatever the damn song needs. You don't have to ask him twice. Just tell him when to come in. [Chorus] CUTTER COASTY! JACK OF ALL WAVES! Smooth as the tide Rolling into the bay! Give him a horn! Give him some strings! Give him damn near anything! CUTTER COASTY! JACK OF ALL WAVES! Whatever the song needs... Cutter can play. [Saxophone Break] [Verse 2] Jett has got his six-string kingdom. Rocky's living down below. Bosun owns the drums behind them. Zeek makes everything glow. Cutter doesn't need a kingdom. He just fills the empty space. Every sound that shouldn't fit there Somehow falls right into place. [Pre-Chorus] Need some keys? He's sitting down. Need some brass? He's got it now. Piney says, "This needs a flute." Cutter smiles. "Which kind?" [Chorus] CUTTER COASTY! JACK OF ALL WAVES! Smooth as the tide Rolling into the bay! Give him a horn! Give him some strings! Give him damn near anything! CUTTER COASTY! JACK OF ALL WAVES! Whatever the song needs... Cutter can play. [Smooth Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Then one night Piney had an idea. That should've been the warning sign. Said, "This next one needs some bagpipes." Cutter answered, "Yeah, that's fine." Everybody stopped and stared. Even Zeek looked up surprised. Piney asked, "Why the fuck do you own bagpipes?" Cutter shrugged. "You said we might." [Pre-Chorus] No big speech. No grand display. He just finds another way. When the rest of us hear, "That's impossible..." Cutter hears, "Okay." [Bridge] Some guys chase the spotlight. Some guys need applause. Some guys play a thousand notes Just to show you what they got. Cutter waits beside the music. Listens for the missing sound. Then he plays exactly what it needs... And lays the whole thing down. [Soaring Saxophone Solo] [Final Chorus] CUTTER COASTY! JACK OF ALL WAVES! Smooth as the tide Rolling into the bay! Saxophone! Keys and strings! Hell, he'll play most anything! CUTTER COASTY! JACK OF ALL WAVES! Never needs the spotlight. Never needs the praise. Just point him toward the music... AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HIS WAY! [Extended Saxophone Outro] [Outro] Piney: "Cutter..." "Do you play accordion?" Cutter: "Yeah." ... Piney: "Of fucking course you do."