Here Comes the Layered

Lyrics

Little darling, it's been a long, gray, lonely winter.
Just an old piece of the line, a forgotten splinter.
Little darling, it feels like ages since it's been clear.
Lying quiet on the work bench, holding back a silent tear.
From a spray booth down in Dearborn, nineteen seventy-two.
Just a lump of hardened overspray, nothing shiny, nothing new.

Here comes the layered, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the layered,
And I say... it's all right.

Little darling, the diamond wheel begins its patient smile.
Cool water running over its face, been waiting for a long, long while.
Little darling, I feel that buried color start to bloom inside.
Chasing all the shadows from my mind.
That old gray rind is slowly peeling from the core.
A flash of Corvette red, a stripe of Thunderbird bronze we've never seen before.

Here comes the layered, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the layered,
And I say... it's all right.

Colors, colors, colors, here they come...
(Doo-doo-doo-doo)
Colors, colors, colors, here they come...
(Doo-doo-doo-doo)
Feel the polish on my skin.
Letting all the patient light rush in.
From the furnace, from the heat,
Every single layer a heartbeat.
Every coat a different name, a different day.
A forgotten, silent flame that found its way.

Little darling, I see the whole spectrum dancing in your eyes.
The smallest, truest rainbow, a beautiful surprise.
Little darling, it seems like years of history in my hand.
A tiny piece of painted land.
This little stone, now shining polished bright and true.
Holding all that hidden time inside, just for me and you.

Here comes the layered, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the layered,
And I say... it's all right.
It's all right.

It's all right... so right... all right...
(Doo-doo-doo-doo)
It's all right.