Garnett

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[garnet gemstones pour and clatter bright; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the gems and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
South of the Five where the government stands,
a gemstone name in the transit lands;
pour the garnets, hear them ring,
Garnett glittering, a hard little thing.

[Chorus]
Garnett, Garnett, pour and gleam,
the gemstone stop on the downtown seam;
clatter, clatter, the red stones fall,
the glittering edge of the heart of it all.

[Verse 2]
Greyhound dreams and the southside gate,
the little red jewel where the lines all wait;
not the biggest, not the bright,
just a garnet glinting in the downtown night.

[Chorus]
Garnett, Garnett, pour and gleam,
the gemstone stop on the downtown seam;
clatter, clatter, the red stones fall,
the glittering edge of the heart of it all.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the gemstones rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]