Song · Storm Cellar
The Mechanic Called
“The Mechanic Called” is track 20 on Rob Matare's Country album Storm Cellar, released October 7, 2026. Country songs about family and holding on: your mother's kitchen, the fixed fence, casseroles, and a shop with our name on it.
“The Mechanic Called” lyrics
I was counting up the overtime
For a car I couldn't start
Walking past the bus stop early
With my lunch bag in the dark
Had a whole speech for the landlord
Had a knot beneath my shirt
The mechanic called
Said it wasn't half that bad
Just a wire coming loose
Best little call I ever had
I put gas in for the weekend
Took my mother to the store
She kept asking where we're headed
I said anywhere you want
Bought the bread that wasn't discounted
Let the engine idle warm
The mechanic called
Said it wasn't half that bad
Just a wire coming loose
Best little call I ever had
Didn't win a pile of money
Didn't get a brand-new start
But I drove somebody home tonight
And that fixed another part
The mechanic called
Said it wasn't half that bad
Just a wire coming loose
Best little call I ever had
The mechanic called
I could breathe again
The mechanic called
Said it wasn't half that bad
The mechanic called
Said it wasn't half that bad
Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.
More from Storm Cellar
- 1Storm Cellar3:10
- 2Kick It Up High2:20
- 3Called Him My Name2:45
- 4Bad Enough3:10
- 5Big Boy Pants2:22
- 6Your Mother's Kitchen2:39
- 7Honest to a Fault3:01
- 8Nobody's Yelling3:15
- 9Tired of Being Good2:48
- 10Good Shoes, Bad Floor2:27
- 11The Picture We Picked2:12
- 12Odometer2:35
- 13Exit 422:43
- 14Nothing in the Glovebox2:29
- 15Tough It Out2:58
- 16Headlights Round the Bend3:12
- 17Fixed the Fence3:19
- 18The Dress Fits Now2:43
- 19Hard People3:18
- 21The Apology Drawer2:35
- 22Somebody to Buy For2:20
- 23Casseroles3:15
- 24A Shop with Our Name1:59
Previews provided courtesy of iTunes. 