Just A Man With A Can <C>
Greasy Acid-Americana mashup: twangy baritone guitar through spring reverb, tom-heavy surf groove sliding into bouncy ska upstrokes. Male vocals with ragged edges, big slapback echo on the hook. Harmonica blasts and rattling shakers hint at desert ceremony; upright bass walks and snaps. Energy starts strutting, hits a wild whirlpool in the middle, then staggers out grinning., ska, native american, rockabilly
Just A Man With A Can <C>
Greasy Acid-Americana mashup: twangy baritone guitar through spring reverb, tom-heavy surf groove sliding into bouncy ska upstrokes. Male vocals with ragged edges, big slapback echo on the hook. Harmonica blasts and rattling shakers hint at desert ceremony; upright bass walks and snaps. Energy starts strutting, hits a wild whirlpool in the middle, then staggers out grinning., ska, native american, rockabilly
Lyrics
Verse 1
Just a man
With a can in hand
Sunburnt boots
Dust stuck in the band
Old truck rusted
Name carved in the dash
One red feather
And a match
And a match
Chorus
Just a man with a can in hand
Kicking up bones in the borderland
Laugh-cry dancing in crooked sand
You know what
You know what a man
Just a man with a can in hand
Heartbeat thumping like a roadside band
Spinning in circles I don’t understand
You know what
You know what a man (hey!)
Verse 2
Cactus shadow
Painted on my back
Ghost dog howling
At a six-pack stack
Grandma’s stories
Rattle in my chest
Snakeskin belt
And a thrift store vest
Chorus
Just a man with a can in hand
Kicking up bones in the borderland
Laugh-cry dancing in crooked sand
You know what
You know what a man
Just a man with a can in hand
Heartbeat thumping like a roadside band
Spinning in circles I don’t understand
You know what
You know what a man (oh yeah)
Bridge
Skank on the left side
Surf on the right
Drumbeats talking
To the long dry night
Paint on my knuckles
Dust in my grin
Every old story
Soaks my skin
Chorus
Just a man with a can in hand
Kicking up bones in the borderland
Laugh-cry dancing in crooked sand
You know what
You know what a man
Just a man with a can in hand
Heartbeat thumping like a roadside band
Spinning in circles I don’t understand
You know what
You know what a man