I met a man who keeps score
Lookin’ out a torn screen door
He said I control the wind
Dirty steeltown fan blades spin
Like a razor on a dare
Your last quarter in the air...heads or tails
I seen a father raise his hand
But the child don’t understand
When the snake pops from that can
Learn to say yes sir yes ma’am
A willow weepin’ for its seeds
A different kind of legacy...heads or tails
When it all comes down under a moon’s eye
The city lights bruise night
Turning black into the blue
When it all comes down...
A flash of silver hits the ground
Another ten cent star has fallen...heads or tails
Tug boats bump, a harbor kiss
Somewhere someone told me this
All your love does not make change
A stranger’s two cents in the rain
When tender hearts break legally
It’s a harder kind of currency...heads or tails
When it all comes down in a gust of silence
Someone holdin’ out for the last I love you
When it all comes down
The biggest truth won’t make a sound...heads or tails
A farmer’s family piles in a truck
Sixth generation packs it up
Wheels like pennies rolling rust
Rocking horse all caked in dust
Tied up tight in God we trust
Just a poor man’s calculus...heads or tails
From a newborn’s deepest sleep to
the fool’s gold at your feet...heads or tails