Jacob Spidel (Knows It All)

[Verse 1]
Jacob Spidel
name on the shop door
Mask down, white fire
throwing sparks on the floor
He’ll lay a straight bead
on a busted old plow
Then fix a tour bus frame
for some big star in town
[Chorus]
Jacob Spidel, knows it all, knows everybody
From the guy at the feed store
to folks on the red carpet party
If it’s broke, he’ll build it better
says, “Stand back, let me try”
Yeah he’s king of this small town metal
(and he’ll tell you exactly why)
[Verse 2]
Daddy’s got acres
full of clucking and dust
Jacob grew up
breathing feathers and rust
From sunrise feed runs
to late-night chrome
He welded that farm
into steel and bone
[Chorus]
Jacob Spidel, knows it all, knows everybody
From the farmer in bibs
to the girl in that big city lobby
If it’s broke, he’ll build it better
says, “Stand back, let me try”
Yeah he’s king of this small town metal
(and he’ll tell you exactly why)
[Bridge]
He’ll talk your ear clean off
about trucks and famous names
But when it comes to his own house
he just stares at the flames
Says, “I can fix engines
fix fences, fix time
But I hate goin’ home
to a woman that ain’t mine”
[Chorus]
Jacob Spidel, knows it all, knows everybody
Shakes hands with the rich
drinks beer with the broke and rowdy
If it’s broke, he’ll build it better
says, “Stand back, let me try”
But all that fire in Jacob Spidel
can’t weld his love life right

country, Tough modern country band, barroom swing groove; twangy Telecaster riffs and walking bass, male vocals with a sly grin. Verses stay tight and talky, drums shuffling under a steel guitar pad; chorus opens wider with stacked gang vocals on the hook and stomp-clap accents. Fiddle licks answer the vocal lines and a short instrumental turnaround leads back into each verse.