Track Insight / Lyrics
Ink bleeding salt on cardboard skin
Morning tide rolls thick and mean
Been pinned here since sixty-nine
Reading soles like a short-order scene
Footsteps count like hash marks on a check
Each sole writes a story on the deck
Dawn breaks cold but the coffee stays hot
This dock don't miss a thing it caught
Tourist couple snapped me cheap and quick
Mailed me nowhere, stamp never licked
Now I'm grease-stained wisdom, laminate thick
Reading boots like orders on a ticket
Footsteps count like hash marks on a check
Each sole writes a story on the deck
Dawn breaks cold but the coffee stays hot
This dock don't miss a thing it caught
Fisherman's boots, heavy with the haul
Kid's flip-flops slapping summer's call
Heels clicking sharp on the gangway wall
I've memorized the rhythm of them all
Footsteps count like hash marks on a check
Each sole writes a story on the deck
Dawn breaks cold but the coffee stays hot
This dock don't miss a thing it caught
Gulls scream orders, wind cooks the air
Tide's a regular, always there
My corners curl like bacon where
Salt and time season everywhere
Footsteps count like hash marks on a check
Each sole writes a story on the deck
Dawn breaks cold but the coffee stays hot
This dock don't miss a thing it caught
Still pinned, still reading, giving it all I got
Next boat blows. Order up.
Ink holds. Paper don't rot.
