Stayin' Painted

Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Well you can tell by the way I wear my coat
I'm a motor man, no time to gloat
The line is moving, the spray is loud and clear
Painting Fords and Chevys, year after year
On the jigs and skids, a new skin grows
With every pass, the overspray flows
Then the oven hits, a three-hundred degree fire
Baking on the color, taking it higher and higher.

[Chorus]
Whether you're a blue coat, or you're a red coat
You're stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Feel the color breakin' and the layers shakin'
And we're stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' painted...

[Verse 2]
The factory's quiet now, the lines are all gone
But deep in the scrap pile, a new day has dawned
Some guy with a vision, he saw the deep shine
Cut through the layers, a history in time
He polished the surface, revealed the design
That '68 Mustang, that '72 line
Now I'm hanging 'round a neck, a psychedelic stone
The color's still living, I'm never alone.

[Chorus]
Whether you're a green coat, or you're a gold coat
You're stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Feel the color breakin' and the layers shakin'
And we're stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' painted...

[Bridge]
Industrial waste, that's what they used to say
Just something to scrape off and throw away
But you look at me now, under the party lights
A rainbow of stories from Detroit's days and nights.
Still here! Still bright!

[Chorus]
Whether you're a black coat, or you're a white coat
You're stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Feel the color breakin' and the layers shakin'
And we're stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' painted, stayin' painted
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' painted!

[Outro]
Stayin' painted...
That candy apple red...
That competition orange...
Stayin' painted...
Yeah...