Not That Kind of Engineer

[Cold Open] Banjo boots up at dawn Click-clack on the porch planks Coffee's cold, but I'm on One more run through the ranks [Verse 1] I survived the hard crash And the county line snow Payroll said, "good luck, pal" Then the tractor said, "no" Family calendar spilled out Like a tackle box storm I patched it with faith And a thrift-store alarm [Pre-Chorus] I'm not that kind of engineer but I’ll take a look Got a wrench in my heart and a dog-eared book If the day comes apart, I don't lose my cool I just label the parts and I carry the stool [Chorus] It’s a super soft reboot Right there by the creek I keep my boots moving When the whole thing gets weak Graceful degradation That’s my big bluegrass blueprint I bend, I don’t break And I keep the song in it [Verse 2] There were machine memories In the feed store light Cloud computing & cannabis Got misfiled twice Then a stranger named Dale Called me "doc" and "chief" I said, "I'm not that Chris Jones" But I nodded in relief The barn got a leak The truck got philosophical Still, I tuned up the week With a smile that's practical [Bridge] [Call] What do we do when the screen goes black? [Response] We pick it up slow and we bring it back [Call] What do we do when the roads get rough? [Response] We stomp on the floor and that’s enough [Call] What do we do when the labels lie? [Response] We laugh a little, then we let them slide [Final Chorus] It’s a super soft reboot Right there by the creek I keep my boots moving When the whole thing gets weak Graceful degradation That’s my big bluegrass blueprint I bend, I don’t break And I keep the song in it It’s a super soft reboot With the fiddle and the pine One last shuffle by the river And the timing feels fine Graceful degradation Till the moon starts to blink I’m still here, still humming Still letting good things sink [Outro] System logs fade into river sounds Boot heels count the gravel down Banjo drifts, bass lets go And the creek keeps the final note