Bone By Bone & Rock By Rock

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - funky bassline, playful slap guitar, tight drums, conversational lead vocal]
Me and Lady out back in the sun,
Two little troublemakers havin’ some fun,
We were huntin’ for rocks, shiny and cool,
Diggin’ up holes like we building a pool.
Metal detector singin’ its beep-beep bop,
Lady got to sniffin’ like she knew where to stop,
Then we hit somethin’ weird in the dirt by the shed,
A bone-white secret with a story unsaid.

[Pre-Chorus - groove builds, wah guitar accents, rising backing vocals]
And every time we laughed, it got a little stranger,
Like the yard was hidin’ some kind of danger,
We’d exchange that look, “You seein’ what I see?”
Seems like the world’s been playin’ tricks on me.

[Chorus - big funky hook, horn stabs, stacked harmonies, danceable bounce]
We’re not crazy, no, we’re not blind,
Just two suspects with a one-track mind,
Bones in the grass and a clue in the air,
Something’s been happenin’ and it’s all right there.
We’ll keep it quiet, let the secret stay,
Me and my dog got the joke today,
We fooled the fool and she don’t know yet,
Laughin’ in the dark with our little backyard bet.

[Verse 2 - syncopated funk groove, brighter keys, cheeky vocal phrasing]
Found another one near the garden wall,
Then another by the fence where the shadows fall,
Lady did a twirl like she solved the case,
I said, “Girl, this yard is a weird little place.”
We were out there diggin’ for treasure and gold,
Now we’re lookin’ at mysteries, half-buried and cold,
And every weird thing that we thought was a sign
Is stackin’ up neat like a criminal line.

[Pre-Chorus - tighter rhythm, bass climbs, vocal ad-libs]
Uh-huh, we noticed, yes we did,
Little clues hidden like a mischief kid,
Now the whole back yard’s got a grin so sly,
And Lady and me just wink and walk by.

[Chorus - full band, horns brighter, call-and-response feel]
We’re not crazy, no, we’re not blind,
Just two suspects with a one-track mind,
Bones in the grass and a clue in the air,
Something’s been happenin’ and it’s all right there.
We’ll keep it quiet, let the secret stay,
Me and my dog got the joke today,
We fooled the fool and she don’t know yet,
Laughin’ in the dark with our little backyard bet.

[Bridge - stripped-down bass, handclaps, hushed vocals with sly grin]
So if you ask, we’ll just shrug and smile,
Act real normal for a little while,
But Lady knows, and I know too,
There’s a whole lot more than we’re tellin’ you.

[Final Chorus - explosive funk ending, brass hits, crowd-ready harmonies]
We’re not crazy, no, we’re not blind,
Just two suspects with a one-track mind,
Bones in the grass and a clue in the air,
Something’s been happenin’ and it’s all right there.
We’ll keep it quiet, let the secret stay,
Me and my dog got the joke today,
We fooled the fool and she don’t know yet,
Laughin’ in the dark with our little backyard bet.

[Outro - fading groove, playful ad-libs, reverb tails]
Yeah, we fooled the fool, mm-hmm, we know it now,
Me and Lady in the yard, take a bow,
Bone by bone and rock by rock,
We’ll keep on laughin’ as the metal detector keeps talkin'.