[Verse 1] In the garage, blue sleeves Your hands knew the shape Not a dream in the air A tool with a weight You pointed at steel You said, “That can hold” Havel cranes in my sketchbook Gray river, black smoke cold [Pre-Chorus] Sixteen and steady You set down the path August in the workshop I learned what lasts [Chorus] Garage lines, garage lines Hold me in the frame Garage lines, garage lines Call me by my name You made a road of iron I learned it like a song Garage lines, garage lines That’s where I belonged [Verse 2] Two thousand six, I walked in White mask, hot seam MIG torch in my palm Like a pencil to a beam I built little bodies Thin legs, bent knees Workers on the river And you looking at me [Pre-Chorus] You never made it pretty You made it true Practical and patient That was your view [Chorus] Garage lines, garage lines Hold me in the frame Garage lines, garage lines Call me by my name You made a road of iron I learned it like a song Garage lines, garage lines That’s where I belonged [Bridge] Not frictionless But real The kind that stays In the seam Hands on the metal Heart in the heat What you called a foundation I called a language in me [Chorus] Garage lines, garage lines Hold me in the frame Garage lines, garage lines Call me by my name You made a road of iron I learned it like a song Garage lines, garage lines That’s where I belonged
