Brown Under My Nails

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Knees in the garden patch

Mama calling out my name

Fingers caked in mud and clay

I don't answer just the same

Pre-Chorus

Found a coin under the fence

Pocketed it like a crown

Little kingdoms in the weeds

Nobody can tear them down

Chorus

I was playing in dirt

Digging for gold

Playing in dirt

Let the whole day go

Nothing ever felt this good

Playing in dirt

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Verse 2

Sunburned on my shoulder blades

Bucket overflowing brown

Worms escaping through my hands

I built a castle I could drown

Pre-Chorus

Then the whistle from the porch

Told me supper's on the stove

Wiped my palms across my jeans

Left a trail of where I'd roamed

Chorus

I was playing in dirt

Digging for gold

Playing in dirt

Let the whole day go

Nothing ever felt this good

Playing in dirt

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Bridge

(You coming in?)

Yeah I'm coming in

(You hear me now?)

Yeah I hear you now

Wash it off

Wash it all away

But the brown stays underneath my nails

Chorus

I was playing in dirt

Digging for gold

Playing in dirt

Let the whole day go

Nothing ever felt this good

Playing in dirt

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Outro

Playing in dirt

Playing in dirt