Track Insight / Lyrics
You sit bolted to the formica
Ribbon dried to rusted red
Keys remember every hand
That punched the night into your bed
Grill goes quiet, fryer cools
Percolator sighs its steam
Regulars all paid and left
Only you remain to dream
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Typewriter keeps the watch for me
Nylon strings and bowed bass sing
Hope arrives on broken wing
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Carriage returns with metallic cough
Paper feeds through rubber rollers
Carbon copies stack like pancakes
Stories typed by night shift scholars
Neon flickers, dies, then hums
Pie case empties, crust to crumb
Waitress wipes the counter down
You're the only witness now
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Typewriter keeps the watch for me
Nylon strings and bowed bass sing
Hope arrives on broken wing
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Trucker's logbook, poet's verse
Love letters never sent to her
Murder mystery page forty-two
All live inside your metal hue
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Typewriter keeps the watch for me
Nylon strings and bowed bass sing
Hope arrives on broken wing
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Dawn creeps in through greasy glass
Headlights sweep the parking lot
Bell above the door rings once
Fresh coffee in a chipped blue pot
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Typewriter keeps the watch for me
Nylon strings and bowed bass sing
Hope arrives on broken wing
Booth seven holds its breath at three
First customer takes usual seat
Opens briefcase, finds your page
Reads the lines the night composed
Smiles at words the dark engraved
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Typewriter keeps the watch for me
Nylon strings and bowed bass sing
Hope arrives on broken wing
Booth seven holds its breath at three
Typewriter keeps the watch for me
Keys rest silent, ribbon still
Morning light fills up the grill