One Good Arm — A Song Inspired by One-armed golfer gets a hole-in-one after learning the game following an accident

[Verse 1]
Do not put a halo on the hurt
Do not make a poster of the scar
He was just a man in a dew-soaked shirt
Trying to meet himself where the broken pieces are

[Pre-Chorus]
First ball sliced into the road
Second one died in the rough
Third one rose like a note from a throat
That had finally had enough

[Chorus]
One good arm, life said stay
White ball burning down a blue-sky lane
Not all better, not all gone
Just one more reason to keep moving on
Let it fly, let it fall, let the silence break
Let the cup ring out like a bell in the rain
One good arm, one hard dawn
Still here, still swinging, still not gone

[Verse 2]
The range lights hummed like cheap motel signs
His palm split open, but he wrapped it tight
Every bad shot had a lesson in it
Every good one gave a little back to the night

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Some days courage looked like leaving the bed
Some days hope was a club in his hand
He did not need the whole world cheering
Just one clean sound saying you can

[Chorus]
One good arm, life said stay
White ball burning down a blue-sky lane
Not all better, not all gone
Just one more reason to keep moving on
Let it fly, let it fall, let the silence break
Let the cup ring out like a bell in the rain
One good arm, one hard dawn
Still here, still swinging, still not gone

[Bridge]
When the ace fell in, the world got small
A circle of grass, a breath, a ball
And somewhere under all that pain
A locked door opened in the wall

[Final Chorus]
One good arm, life said stay
White ball burning down a blue-sky lane
Not all better, not all gone
Just one more reason to keep moving on
Let it fly, let it fall, let the silence break
Let the cup ring out like a bell in the rain
One good arm, one hard dawn
Still here, still swinging, still not gone

[Outro]
Still here
Still swinging
Still not gone