Square Dance Warning Lights

Square Dance With The Warning Lights On A Wasi River Bluegrass concept track Style Prompt (Suno) Modern bluegrass dancehall, driving banjo, fiddle, upright bass, dobro, foot-stomps, call-and-response vocals, upbeat but exhausted, rural Canadian imagery, emergency flashers as metaphor for burnout, recovery, resilience and keeping moving anyway. Sounds like a Saturday night community hall dance where half the crowd is held together by coffee, duct tape, and stubbornness. Fast tempo, catchy chorus, crowd singalong. ⸻ Lyrics [Verse 1] Been a hundred eighty-five weeks and a day or two, Lost some things I can’t replace, carried others through. Paperwork and probate, lawyers on the phone, Some days I’m the caller, some days I’m the tone. Shop lights in the distance, River running black, Every time I think I’m caught up, Life adds another stack. [Pre-Chorus] But the hall’s still open, The band’s still wound up tight, And somebody yelled from the parking lot— “Leave the flashers on tonight!” [Chorus] We’re square dancing with the warning lights on, Hazards blinking all night long, Two steps forward, one step gone, Still square dancing with the warning lights on. Burnout in my burnout, Running on fumes and song, But if we’re going down this road, We’re square dancing with the warning lights on. [Verse 2] Farmer’s got a tractor that only starts in prayer, Teacher’s grading papers with a thousand-yard stare. Mechanic’s got a shoulder that predicts the rain, Everybody’s carrying a different kind of strain. One lost a business, One lost a dream, One’s still trying to understand What last year even means. [Pre-Chorus] But the fiddle hits the downbeat, The crowd begins to sway, And the caller says: “Take your partner anyway!” [Chorus] We’re square dancing with the warning lights on, Hazards blinking all night long, Two steps forward, one step gone, Still square dancing with the warning lights on. Coffee in the travel mug, Holding steady, hanging on, If we’re gonna make it through, We’re square dancing with the warning lights on. [Bridge] Red light. Amber light. Dashboard lit like Christmas night. Check engine. Low fuel. Still got enough for one more tune. Lost some battles. Lost some sleep. Still got promises to keep. Spin your partner, Dosado— Nobody here gets through alone. [Final Chorus] We’re square dancing with the warning lights on, Whole damn county singing along, Not because everything’s right, But because the night’s still young. The river keeps moving, The dawn keeps coming on, And until we see the sunrise, We’re square dancing with the warning lights on. [Outro] Hazards flashing in the parking lot… Banjo ringing through the dawn… Square dancing… With the warning lights on. 🎻🚜🚨