Wolves
Iron & Wine and Calexico Lyrics

Wolves by the road
Wild animals known as wolves are seen near the side of a road

And a bike wheel spinning on a pawn shop wall
A bicycle wheel is rotating on the wall of a store that offers secured loans for personal property

She leaned on her colored hair
The personification of colored hair, specifically a woman with the said hair, leaned on it like a butterfly wing that has just been sprinkled with rain during summertime

Like a butterfly wing in a summer rainfall
The colored hair leaned on is compared to the beauty and delicateness of a butterfly wing being rained on in the summer season

And the roll on the kitchen floor
A person is rolling on the floor of a kitchen

Some fucker with a pocketful of foreign change
An unknown person has a handful of coins from another country

Song of the shepherd's dog
The sound of a sheepdog's bark that brings to mind pastoral imagery

A pitch in the dark in the ear of the lamb who was going to try to run away
A sheepdog's bark, heard during nighttime, warns a lamb that is planning to flee, of potential danger

Whoever got that brave?
Unknown bravery is questioned in this cryptic line

Wolves in the middle of town
Wild canines are seen in the center area of a settlement

And the chapel bell ringing through the wind-blown trees
The sound of bells from a church can be heard by blowing winds on nearby trees

To wave to the butcher's boy with the parking lot music everybody believes
The act of greeting a boy who works for a meat store with music being played on the nearby parking lot where people gather, commonly believed to be coming from that boy's direction

And then dive like a dying bird and then they do with the daughter at the penny arcade
The sudden, sudden falling action of a bird that is about to die, mimicking the act of someone's daughter who plays at an arcade for entertainment purpose

Song of the shepherd's dog
The barking sound that a sheepdog produces, commonly heard in pastoral scenery

Waiting around the jack caught the rooster
Waiting for a gambling game called 'jack' to catch the slot machine symbol of a rooster

On a rooftop waiting for day
Positioned on the rooftop of a building, waiting for dawn to arrive

And you know what he's gonna say
As event follows, an expectation of what is about to be said

Wolves at the end of the bed
A group of wild canines are seen near the foot of one's bed

And a postcard hidden in her winter clothes
A card to be delivered via post is kept hidden inside a woman's winter attire

She beat in the back of a truck
The act of hitting something or someone multiple times in the cargo area of a motor vehicle

To the trailers when we trying to find the bullet hole
As trailers are scoured for a specific target location, likely bullet holes, this action takes place

And then run down the canopy rows
Running and moving swiftly down rows of trees canopied together

Some mother and a baby with a cross to bear
A mother and infant, struggling under the weight and burden of a troublesome scenario

Song of the shepherd's dog
The sound of a sheepdog's bark, often played in rural or pastoral settings

Little brown flea in the bottle of oil for your woolly wild hair
A small, brown parasitic insect is found in the bottled oil used for treatment of a person's thick and untamed hair

You'll never get him out of there
The flea will be difficult, if not impossible, to remove from the hair oil bottle