Track Insight / Lyrics
Steel hull painted ocean blue
Under skies of copper hue
Watching blacktop ribbons wind
Leaving all the coast behind
Oh, Desert Tugboat, keep the light
Guiding headlights through the night
Heavy iron, steady soul
Keeping all the rhythms whole
Salty spray is only heat
Hissing on the asphalt street
Sighting mirrors, silver glass
Watching all the tankers pass
Oh, Desert Tugboat, keep the light
Guiding headlights through the night
Heavy iron, steady soul
Keeping all the rhythms whole
Cactus needles, sharp and green
The strangest port he's ever seen
Rusting chains on yellow sand
Waiting for a distant land
Oh, Desert Tugboat, keep the light
Guiding headlights through the night
Heavy iron, steady soul
Keeping all the rhythms whole
White lines blur like foaming tide
Nowhere left for him to hide
Engine humming, low and deep
While the tired drivers sleep
Snapshots in a glossy book
One last long and longing look
Arizona's wide open glare
Floating through the midnight air
Oh, Desert Tugboat, keep the light
Guiding headlights through the night
Heavy iron, steady soul
Keeping all the rhythms whole
Stay gold, Tugboat.
Just keep the light.
