Cracked eggs hit blackened steel six AM
Coffee burns thick in chipped enamel
Hound drops heavy on frozen rail ties
Breath clouds rise where moonlight fails
Fog eats signals red and green
Whistle cuts through pine and pitch
Train light paints a silver scene
Neither knows which track to switch
Coal dust coffee steam rises slow
Rail yard hound has nowhere to go
Fingers numb on nylon strings
Memory wears broken wings
Nose traces scent of rabbit and rust
Paw pads split on buried ties
Ears twitch at diesel cough and thrust
Tail hangs low where shadow lies
Fog eats signals red and green
Whistle cuts through pine and pitch
Train light paints a silver scene
Neither knows which track to switch
Coal dust coffee steam rises slow
Rail yard hound has nowhere to go
Fingers numb on nylon strings
Memory wears broken wings
Cook sets pie on windowsill wood
Hound lifts head at cinnamon scent
Steam curls up where both once stood
Night surrenders pale and spent
Radio plays Hank Williams low
Double bass bows mourn the dawn
Glockenspiel chimes what we know
All the lost are not quite gone
Coal dust coffee steam rises slow
Rail yard hound has nowhere to go
Fingers numb on nylon strings
Memory wears broken wings
Shift ends slow apron comes off
Train screams past a metal cough
Hound rises shakes frost from hide
Cook walks home no place to ride
Coal dust coffee steam rises slow
Rail yard hound has nowhere to go
Fingers numb on nylon strings
Memory wears broken wings
Coal dust coffee steam rises slow
Rail yard hound has nowhere to go
Fingers numb on nylon strings
Morning takes what night forgets
