You watch the mist swallow bridge planks whole
Geiger clicks steady in your headset bowl
Boot steps echo slow on rusted steel
Dosimeter climbs with each turning wheel
Count them off one by one
Radiation rising with the sun
Geiger Bridge don't let you down
Safe passage lost but never found
Thermos cold but coffee keeps you sharp
Static hisses through the valley dark
Three clicks four clicks five then silence falls
Another stalker answers duty calls
Count them off one by one
Radiation rising with the sun
Geiger Bridge don't let you down
Safe passage lost but never found
Red light blinks on the console face
Wind carries taste of metallic trace
You mark the time in your grease-stained log
Bridge holds firm against the zone's heavy fog
Night shift ends but the zone stays awake
Every click a chance you gotta take
Harmonica wails through the speaker wire
Dawn breaks cold on the danger zone fire
Shift change comes with a grunt and nod
Relief operator takes up the rod
You wipe your hands on a rag worn thin
Walk back through where the mist begins
Count them off one by one
Radiation rising with the sun
Geiger Bridge don't let you down
Safe passage lost but never found
Diner stool waits with a plate of eggs
Radio silent between your legs
Geiger clicks fade in the rearview glass
Another night survived to make it last
Count them off one by one
Radiation rising with the sun
Geiger Bridge don't let you down
Safe passage lost but never found
Count them off one by one
Geiger Bridge your shift is done
Coffee's hot and the grill stays on
Another night in the zone is gone