November of Sixty-Nine

Verse 1

Stripes on the cobra hood

Nights that I memorized

Old man's sermon in the kitchen light

Said the autumn always overspills

Said the winds keep what they take

I was six and never understood

Pre-Chorus

November crept like a slow cassette

Mama hummed a note I can't forget

Chorus

November of sixty-nine

Daddy's hands on a stubborn radio

November of sixty-nine

Shadows long on the gravel road

November of sixty-nine

The whole porch smelled like rain and cedar pine

I still hear that song on a borrowed line

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Sixty-nine

Oh-oh-oh

Still mine

Verse 2

Wool coats on the rusty gate

Frost writing on the window glass

He said trouble always moves in twos

I traced a name against the pane

He said some years just roll like stones

And most of 'em you lose

Pre-Chorus

November crept like a slow cassette

Mama hummed a note I can't forget

Chorus

November of sixty-nine

Daddy's hands on a stubborn radio

November of sixty-nine

Shadows long on the gravel road

November of sixty-nine

The whole porch smelled like rain and cedar pine

I still hear that song on a borrowed line

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Sixty-nine

Oh-oh-oh

Still mine

Bridge

Time walks heavy in a wool coat

Every voice I loved goes quiet slow

But that porch light holds a loyal hue

And sixty-nine is calling me back through

Chorus

November of sixty-nine

Daddy's hands on a stubborn radio

November of sixty-nine

Shadows long on the gravel road

November of sixty-nine

The whole porch smelled like rain and cedar pine

I still hear that song on a borrowed line

Outro

Sixty-nine

Sixty-nine

Mm