Cobble stones drink the magenta glow
Chain holds the grease of a thousand miles
Rubber remembers every hand I know
Spokes count the nights in crooked smiles
Chrome remembers what the city forgets
Paint peels slow but the frame don't bend yet
Neon bleeds pink across my bent rim
I'll outlast the noise I'll outlast the din
Taxi man coughs at the three am turn
His meter ticks but my gears don't lie
Says kid this steel got more grit than burn
Fixed gear heart beats steady and high
Chrome remembers what the city forgets
Paint peels slow but the frame don't bend yet
Neon bleeds pink across my bent rim
I'll outlast the noise I'll outlast the din
Courier tossed me in puddle last week
Brake cable snapped but I held the streak
Handlebar tape unwinds like old rope
Still got the wobble still got the hope
Chrome remembers what the city forgets
Paint peels slow but the frame don't bend yet
Neon bleeds pink across my bent rim
I'll outlast the noise I'll outlast the din
Water rises past the bottom bracket
Rust blooms quiet like a kept secret
But steel don't quit and steel don't plea
Wait for the dawn wait for the key
Morning cracks grey through the overpass sky
None see the veteran leaned in the dark
Commuters rush past with deadlined eye
Carrying miles like a sacred mark
Chrome remembers what the city forgets
Paint peels slow but the frame don't bend yet
Neon bleeds pink across my bent rim
I'll outlast the noise I'll outlast the din
Chrome remembers chrome remembers
Rain stops tapping on my enamel skin
Another day another fare begins
