Track Insight / Lyrics
My yellow cab sits idling low
Waiting for a fare to show
The alley smells of oil and gin
Where the long-haul rigs pull in
A Peterbilt with muddy flanks
Idles slow near garbage tanks
Driver lights a filtered smoke
Watching where the wet curb broke
Chrome and rain on a Friday night
Big rig glowing in sodium light
Engine humming a low refrain
Chrome and rain, chrome and rain
Meter's dead but clock still runs
Counting seconds, counting tons
He won't turn the key to leave
Got no hour, got no eve
Chrome and rain on a Friday night
Big rig glowing in sodium light
Engine humming a low refrain
Chrome and rain, chrome and rain
Harmonica screams a bending note
Pedal steel bends a silver throat
Upright bass walks a heavy line
Through the dark and blue-white shine
I hauled a load of Kansas wheat
Drove through blizzard, drove through sleet
Now I ferry drunks and suits
Past the alleys, past the boots
Rain lets up, the sky turns gray
Driver climbs the cab to stay
Engine growls a bass refrain
Fading out through wind and rain
Chrome and rain on a Friday night
Big rig glowing in sodium light
Engine humming a low refrain
Chrome and rain, chrome and rain
Tail lights bleed on wet blacktop
Chrome and rain don't ever stop
