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Tin Roof Prayer

Slow Southern soul with a dragged-back groove, brushed drums, warm organ swells, fretless bass, and a loose guitar lick answering each line; verse stays intimate and bare, pre-chorus lifts with stacked harmonies and a tambourine pulse, chorus opens wider with gospel doubles and call-and-response ad-libs. Vinyl crackle, a distant thunder roll, and reverse cymbal swells carry the transitions. Mix is warm, smoky, and close-mic with a soft glow., deep southern soul

Shane Calhoun ·4:08

Lyrics

Verse 1

The sky been low all day

Like it knows my name

Porch light on, screen door breathin'

Dust on the window pane

You come in with wet boots

Say the road was mean

I just watch that dark field settle

Like it ain't got teeth

Pre-Chorus

Hush now, baby

Hear that roof talk soft

Even the branches leanin'

Even the dogs shut off

Chorus

Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain

Hold me close now

Let it wash this place

Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain

Quiet before it breaks

Quiet before it breaks

Verse 2

Granddaddy clock keep tickin'

Slow in the hall

Mama's pot on the back stove

Done forgot to boil

Your hand on mine like a promise

Warm from the run

I can feel that whole horizon

Goin' on the hum

Pre-Chorus

Hush now, baby

That wind ain't far

Lightning sittin' patient

Behind that velvet dark

Chorus

Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain

Hold me close now

Let it wash this place

Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain

Quiet before it breaks

Quiet before it breaks

Bridge

If the porch swing start to shiver

If the pecan limbs bend down

We won't move an inch

We won't make a sound

Let it come, let it come

Let it pass through

What was hard in us

Can turn soft with you

Chorus

Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain

Hold me close now

Let it wash this place

Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain

Quiet before it breaks

Quiet before it breaks

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