Grace

sure enough my engine gave way outside a town called grace
south alabama one late night on the road
the stars consumed the sky as i pulled off surprised
to see the signal on my single cell phone
and the stars bore silent witness to my cars exhausted coughs
until we all decided it was probably better off
in grace, grace the night I  got lost and found myself
just out of grace
they sent a real big truck, driver seemed nice enough
held out his meaty hand and helped me climb inside
i was both awed and stunned tos ee my first real gun
which he grabbed quickly and shoved somewhere out of sight
he mumbled, ‘it gets dangerous around these parts at night,’
i offered him a cigarette and asked him for a light
he told me a joke that i already knew
we told each other secrets the way that strangers sometimes do
in grace, grace the night i got lost and found myself
on a ride to grace grace, grace.  grace, grace grace
and when they say ‘alabama: the stars fell on’ like
the license plates around me do they mean every night
cuz i learned i could find beneath the stars that night
comfort in an unfamiliar face
in grace
now from my lofty perch on crowded new england earth
i think from time to time about my night in grace
the chances we don’t take the choices we can’t make
a conversation that might have never taken place
except for that one late night on the way…
to grace grace grace grace
the night I got lost and found myself one starry night far away
in grace

info:

Most of this happened. I don’t smoke, but there is a town called Grace, in Alabama. The license plates do say, “'Alabama: The Stars Fell On,”' and yes, I did almost sit on the pistol of a friendly truck driver who had to tow me 100 miles in a semi on a starry southern night (his name was Dwayne).

What I love most about the album version of this song is the vocal harmony on the bridge (from the mind of Will Robertson) and the fact that my family is heard clapping on the bridge and last chorus.

Credits:
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals: Rebecca Loebe
Acoustic Bass: Adam Olenn
Percussion: Tom Roslak
Acoustic Lead Guitar: Antonio Alcorn
Pedal Steel: Dave Yanuzzi
Clapping: Al, Margaret, Chris, Roy and Rebecca Loebe.
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