Track Insight / Lyrics
Morning fog rolls off the river wide
Deckhand counts boots on the gangway slide
Peeling paint on the depot wall
Rain writes letters but they never call
Thirty winters carved in pine and steel
Taxi waits with wheels to heal
Thirty years I've driven this town's veins
Know every pothole, know every stain
Ferry horn blows low and long
Footsteps keep time to a working song
Meter ticks but there's nowhere to go
Engine hums a lullaby low
Count them steps on the worn plank wood
Depot stands where the rails once stood
Paint curls loose like old sunburned skin
Every footfall writes where I've been
Wood remembers what steel forgets
Rhythm pays the harbor's debts
Taxi waits with engine idling slow
Meter ticks but there's nowhere to go
Deckhand nods with a weathered grin
Counts the rhythm of the coming in
Boots hit timber, heavy and sure
Harbor keeps what roads endure
Count them steps on the worn plank wood
Depot stands where the rails once stood
Paint curls loose like old sunburned skin
Every footfall writes where I've been
Wood remembers what steel forgets
Rhythm pays the harbor's debts
Wheels turn slow on the river's breast
Steel sings different from iron rest
But the count stays true, the count stays deep
Promises the harbor keeps
Tide don't care for rust or rot
Footsteps measure what matters not
Sunset bleeds through the window glass
Another shift, another pass
Depot boards hold the heat of day
Footsteps fade in the graying way
Shadows stretch on the platform boards
Counting time in fading chords
Keys turn off, the night takes hold
Stories carved that are never told
Deckhand walks where the rails gave out
Footsteps settle without a shout
Taxi rests beneath the sodium glare
Morning comes but I'm not there
Count them steps on the worn plank wood
Depot stands where the rails once stood
Paint curls loose like old sunburned skin
Every footfall writes where I've been
Wood remembers what steel forgets
Rhythm pays the harbor's debts
Last boot hits the wooden floor
Engine dies behind the depot door
