Navajo Rug
A Love Woven in Time: Navajo Rug's Tale of Whiskey Toast and Sacred Mountains
Lyrics
Well it's two eggs up on whiskey toast
Refers to a breakfast order of two eggs on whiskey toast
Home fries on the side,
Accompanied by home fries served on the side
You wash her down with the roadhouse coffee
Drinking roadside coffee that's harsh on the stomach
That burns up your inside,
The coffee causes discomfort internally
It's just a canyon, Colorado diner,
Describes a Colorado diner situated in a canyon
A waitress I did love,
Recollection of a waitress whom the speaker loved
We sat in the back 'neath an old stuffed bear,
They sat in the diner's back area beneath a worn-out stuffed bear
A worn out Navajo rug.
The setting included an old, well-used Navajo rug
Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
The refrain, wondering about Katie and the Navajo rug
Shades of red and blue
-Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
-Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?
-Well, old Jack the boss, he left at six
Depicts Jack, the boss, leaving early
It was, 'Katie, bar the door'.
An expression indicating urgency or trouble
She'd pull down that Navajo rug
Katie would take down the Navajo rug and lay it out
And we'd spread it across the floor,
They spread the rug across the floor
I saw lightning frame the sacred mountains
The speaker observes lightning framing sacred mountains
The wooing of the turtle doves
Mentions the wooing of turtle doves, a romantic scene
Just Iying next to Katie,
Recalls lying with Katie on the Navajo rug during this moment
On that old Navajo rug.
Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
Repeats the refrain, pondering the fate of Katie and the Navajo rug
Shades of red and blue
-Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
-Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?
-Well, I saw old Jack about a year ago,
Jack mentions the diner burned down a year ago
Said the place burned to the ground,
The urgency of the situation - "Katie, bar the door"
All he saved was an old bear tooth
Jack salvaged an old bear tooth from the fire
And Katie she left town,
Katie left the town after the incident
Well, Katie, got a souvenir too,
Katie took a memento/souvenir with her
Jack smiled as he spit out a big old plug,
Jack reminisces, smiling despite the chaos
Well, you shoulda seen her coming through the smoke
Describes Katie emerging from the smoke, dragging the Navajo rug
She was dragging that Navajo rug.
Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
Reiterates the query about Katie and the Navajo rug
Shades of red and blue
-Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
-Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you?
-So every time I cross the sacred mountains
Every time lightning occurs over the sacred mountains, it triggers memories
And lightning jumps above,
These memories transport the speaker back to their lost love, Katie
It always takes me back in time
Reflections on how everything moves forward, but memories linger
To my long lost Katie love,
Katie remains a lost love in the speaker's past
You know everything keeps on a moving
Commentary on the transient nature of life
Everybody's on the go,
People are constantly moving, nothing stays constant
Hey, you don't find things that last anymore
Expresses a sentiment about the scarcity of lasting things, like a hand-woven Navajo rug
Like a hand-woven Navajo.
Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
Repeated inquiry about the fate of Katie and the Navajo rug
Shades of red and blue
-Aye, aye, aye, Katie,
-Whatever became of the Navajo rug and you!
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