Sheet Metal Moon
Ike Reilly
Hard Luck Stories (2009)
[Main lick - Played over Intro and end of Bridge]
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[Intro]
[Verse]
There was a sheet metal moon
The night that Jimmy lost his life
Swimming in the carburetor lines
He was last seen kissing
The rings of the pistons
And drinking with the gears as they grind
[Chorus]
Saturday night
And the sheet metal moon
Plays tricks with my eyes
As it burns through the fumes
The sheet metal moon shines
We d better take a ride
Out to the bridge
Where we used to get high
[Verse]
The skinny kid said
Jimmy couldn t be dead
He just went out to get
Some speed and kill the pain
Crossing double lines
And shutting down his headlights
And passing in the oncoming lanes
[Chorus]
Saturday night
And the sheet metal moon
Plays tricks with my eyes
As it burns through the fumes
The sheet metal moon shines
We d better take a ride
Out to the bridge
Where we used to get high
[Bridge]
But there seems to be no sign
As the timing chain is throwing links
And not keeping time
As the manifold is gasping as
The rocker arms wave goodbye
From under the bridge
Where everybody got high
High
[Verse]
And the black line you struck
And kid, it s just your luck
It looks like you crippled your frame
The wells won t hold
And the bolts all broke
And the shards of glass
Are swimming in your brain
[Chorus]
Saturday night
And the sheet metal moon
Lights up the road
As I drive to the tune
The sheet metal moon and I
Are riding alone
Out to the bridge
Where we used to get stoned
Saturday night
And the sheet metal moon
Is still playing tricks
As I walk through the rooms
I drank all the fuel
As I breathe in the fumes
Out on West Adams Road
When I went looking for you
Saturday night
And the sheet metal moon
Plays tricks with my eyes
As it burns through the fumes
The sheet metal moon shines
We d better take a ride
Out to the bridge
Where we used to get high
[Bridge]
But there seems to be no sign
As the timing chain is throwing links
And not keeping time
As the manifold is gasping as
The rocker arms wave goodbye
From under the bridge
Where everybody got high
High
