Handicrafts and Debentures

[Verse 1]
Kentuckians count their paper
In a courthouse coffee line
Talking bonds and bad behavior
While the sun forgets to shine
Sentencing the same old Friday
Stamping dates in shaky ink
Every name another hallway
Every hallway makes you think
[Chorus]
Handicrafts and debentures
What are we even building here
Little dogs on the ledger
Chasing numbers
Chasing fear
Stitch it up with broken measures
Call it life
Call it career
Handicrafts and debentures
Trying to make the margin clear (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Crooked quilt on mama’s table
Thread and scraps from better days
Granddad’s watch beside the cable
Ticking through the legal phrase
There’s a dog asleep on homework
Drooling on the dotted line
Justice in a jar of buttons
Changing hands one at a time
[Chorus]
Handicrafts and debentures
What are we even building here
Little dogs on the ledger
Chasing numbers
Chasing fear
Stitch it up with broken measures
Call it life
Call it career
Handicrafts and debentures
Trying to make the margin clear (oh yeah)

Quirky indie-folk with male vocals, brushed snare and upright bass, toy piano and glockenspiel accents; verses feel conversational and off-kilter, chorus lifts with group handclaps and a singalong melody, ending on a playful whistle outro