You stand on wet concrete where the brass notes fade
Blue water glows steady while the band gets paid
Your eyes track the surface for a ripple sign
Night shifts to morning on a dime and time
Blue water watches everything you hide
Taxi wisdom tells me there's nowhere to ride
Meter runs whether you stay or you go
Deep pool reflects what you'll never show
Saxophone sighs through vents in the alley wall
You count each reflection like a final call
Fare dropped you here hours past the closing hour
Water holds secrets like a locked steel tower
Blue water watches everything you hide
Taxi wisdom tells me there's nowhere to ride
Meter runs whether you stay or you go
Deep pool reflects what you'll never show
Morning light cracks through grates in the sidewalk above
You're still tracking ripples like a ghost of love
Engine idles steady while the meter keeps time
Pool stays anomalous a silent crime
Blue water watches everything you hide
Taxi wisdom tells me there's nowhere to ride
Meter runs whether you stay or you go
Deep pool reflects what you'll never show
Passenger door opens you don't turn your head
Blue water remembers every word you said
I drive off watching in the rearview glass
Stalker finds shelter where the moments pass
Blue water watches everything you hide
Taxi wisdom tells me there's nowhere to ride
Meter runs whether you stay or you go
Deep pool reflects what you'll never show
Meter clicks zero as the rain turns to snow
