[Intro: Raw bottleneck slide guitar riff, driving 84 BPM woodbox foot stomp on beats 1 and 3, overdriven tube amp hum] [Syncopated callout: single sharp baritone breath] (Yeah!) [Verse 1: Gritty conversational baritone, in-media-res, no rush] Slid the cast-steel bottle jack right under the timber sill You were pacing round the truck saying we had hours left to kill I told you put the pry bar down before you crack the pine A crooked house will straighten up if you just give it time [Pre-Chorus: Acoustic upright bass enters, foot stomp drives forward, slide guitar growl] Wipe the grease off of your gloves and hold the level true We got plenty work right here for both of us to do Pump the handle slow [Chorus: Full outlaw blues-rock drop, explosive slide guitar, heavy woodbox stomp, stacked choir] Take it on a Slow Lift, watch the timber rise! Never rush the foundation underneath our eyes! Patience in the knuckle, steady in the chest! Slow Lift working till the framing comes to rest! [Verse 2: Measured, unbothered swagger over driving slide guitar and foot stomps] Took a drink of cold well water from the ladle in the shade Saw the corner lift an inch from all the progress that we made Folks who try to force the world end up with splintered wood I would rather take all day and have it standing good [Pre-Chorus: Slide guitar tremolo swells, foot stomp accelerates] Wipe the grease off of your gloves and hold the level true We got plenty work right here for both of us to do Pump the handle slow [Chorus: Full power, soaring gravelly baritone lead, layered harmonies] Take it on a Slow Lift, watch the timber rise! Never rush the foundation underneath our eyes! Patience in the knuckle, steady in the chest! Slow Lift working till the framing comes to rest! [Bridge: Half-time breakdown, filtered sub-bass, crisp page turn sound effect] (Spoken, calm baritone: "Turn the page. Next chapter.") [Mute - 1 beat silence] [Drop: Full explosive climax] [Chorus: Final climax, maximum blues-rock grit, screaming slide guitar, call-and-response ad-libs] Take it on a Slow Lift, watch the timber rise! (Watch it rise!) Never rush the foundation underneath our eyes! (Under our eyes!) Patience in the knuckle, steady in the chest! (Steady chest!) Slow Lift working till the framing comes to rest! (Comes to rest!) [Outro: Bottleneck slide guitar trails off over a single solid woodblock strike, clean hard stop] (Bubble dead center.) (Level beam.) [Silence] [End]
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