Three AM and the grill is hot
Coffee black in a plastic pot
Grease is popping on the flat top plate
Midnight regulars arrive late
He is fishing in the subway deep
While the city falls fast asleep
Casting lines where the iron glows
Down where the heavy current flows
Old man humming with a steady beat
Far below all the rushing street
Wearing wool and a salty cap
Mapping out a forgotten map
He is fishing in the subway deep
While the city falls fast asleep
Casting lines where the iron glows
Down where the heavy current flows
He doesn't want a silver prize
Just the look in the subway eyes
Humming low like a distant train
Washing off all the urban stain
Bacon burns and the clock ticks slow
Watch the yellow headlights go
Everything is a blur of gray
Waiting for the break of day
Spatula flips and the buns are toasted
Midnight ghosts in the station posted
He hooks a dream in the oily black
Riding on a one way rusted track
He is fishing in the subway deep
While the city falls fast asleep
Casting lines where the iron glows
Down where the heavy current flows
I flip a burger and I watch the clock
Listening to the heavy metal shock
He is the only soul who knows the way
Underneath the concrete and the clay
He is fishing in the subway deep
While the city falls fast asleep
Casting lines where the iron glows
Down where the heavy current flows
Concrete tide, ride the line. Ride the line.
Ride the line.