Pebble in My Mouth

[Verse 1] [Gravelly, low register] Sand in my throat, dust in my eyes, My life has drunk the old wine. Thirty years on the road, my soles are all wounds, This song will never get any brighter. [Chorus] [Raspy and loud] Pebbles in my mouth, stone in my heart, Patience won't take me home from here. This voice cracks like a dry branch, But the whole world can be heard in it. [Verse 2] [Spoken-singing style] The grass along the railroad tracks is gray now, Where rust eats what you left, friend. Don't ask my name, you'll forget it anyway, You'll just leave the scratched song in the dark. [Bridge] [Vocal growl, slow tempo] (Harmonica solo - dirty and weeping) I dug deep... but it still rings... [Chorus] [Max grit, intense delivery] Pebbles in my mouth, stone in my heart, Patience won't take me home from here anymore. This sound cracks like a dry branch, But the whole world can be heard in it. [Outro] [Quiet, raspy whispering] Only pebbles... Only dust... (Slide guitar fades into wind noise) [End]