I sit on chrome where the wind decides
Grease on the grill where the trucker hides
Coffee steam writes a ghost on glass
I catch the glow as semis pass
Copper spins in the diner shine
Three AM pours like watered wine
I frame the booth in a verdigris hue
Turning slow for a meager crew
Vinyl cracks where the solo man sits
Sugar dissolves where the spoon commits
Headlights paint me in gold and red
I click the shot inside my head
Copper spins in the diner shine
Three AM pours like watered wine
I frame the booth in a verdigris hue
Turning slow for a meager crew
Waitress pours from a dented pot
Steam rises up where the copper's hot
A tire blows on the interstate
I catch the flash, I calibrate
No passport stamp, no ticket stub
Just rust and rain on the grinder sub
I document the grease and grace
Reflected in this metal face
The cook flips eggs with a wrist of steel
I taste the salt on the rotating wheel
A phone booth glows like a jellyfish
I snap the dark with a copper swish
Copper spins in the diner shine
Three AM pours like watered wine
I frame the booth in a verdigris hue
Turning slow for a meager crew
Dawn bleeds blue through the bullet glass
The night shift folds, the dark turns brass
I hold the light that the fryer threw
A verdigris kiss for the morning crew
Copper spins in the diner shine
Three AM pours like watered wine
I frame the booth in a verdigris hue
Turning slow for a meager crew
Copper spins on a silent axis
Framing the world in dirty mattes
The diner hum drops to static
Copper spins, automatic