Copper and China

Verse 1

Midnight

Copper kettle whistling low

Stained china cup

Steam curls around my tired thumb

Cold linoleum floor

I am waiting on the morning

I am waiting on the mail

I am waiting on a reason

To leave this town

Behind

Chorus

Give me something real

Oh give me something real

Brown sugar and the bitter taste

Settle in my bones

Give me something real

Give me something real

Verse 2

Suitcase

Leather handle peeling back

Dusty attic find

Empty pockets

Found a picture of your mother

Looking just like you

Looking just like home

Looking just like trouble

I remember

The way the screen door creaked

Heavy summer rain

Running down the gutter pipe

Barefoot on the porch

You left

Before the sky turned grey

Chorus

Give me something real

Oh give me something real

Brown sugar and the bitter taste

Settle in my bones

Give me something real

Give me something real

Bridge

Maybe I should go

Maybe I should stay

Maybe I should sleep

River water rising

Past the willow tree

Muddy boots by the door

I am tired of the gold

I am tired of the glitter

I am tired of the game

Chorus

Give me something real

Oh give me something real

Brown sugar and the bitter taste

Settle in my bones

Give me something real

Give me something real

Outro

Just something real

Something I can hold

Keep me steady

Keep me steady

Keep me steady

Oh

Keep me steady