[Intro] (Slow, steady 70 BPM drum pulse and warm bass walk in) (Soulful electric guitar plays an emotive, weeping melody over a quiet, warm organ bed) [Verse 1] [Vocals: untrained low baritone, spoken murmur, dry, right on the mic, zero singing projection]: Down by the river wall... Water's black as oil tonight. Just an old coat against the brick, Waiting on the ferry light. Nobody out here making plans. Nobody asking what went wrong. Just a cold wind off the estuary, Moving the gravel along. [Guitar Fill] (Electric guitar answers with a slow, expressive sustained bend and subtle vibrato) [Verse 2] [Vocals: weary spoken-word narration, flat pitch, conversational and casual]: Thirty years running the day shift. Hands scarred up from the cable line. You don't ask for a parade, You just hope the weather stays fine. Left my boots outside the doorway. Tired of chasing after time. [Guitar Solo] (Organ swells quietly underneath) (Electric guitar takes the lead: singing sustain, crying string bends, slow and mournful) [Outro] [Vocals: quiet, tired whisper, spoken into the microphone]: "Yeah... just let the tide take it." (Guitar plays final sustained chord over organ fade) [End]
