Midnight meter clicks cold steel
Yellow cab sits dead on wheels
Fare box jams with crumpled bills
Engine coughs the driver stills
Booth light flickers quarter dropped
Last train rumbles platform stopped
Coin slot jams mechanism
Hand shakes hard no steady rhythm
Final fare the night collects
Steel bridge groans the wire connects
Two souls wait where tracks intersect
Morning comes to settle debts
Radio spits static noise
Passenger seat holds empty joys
Wipers swipe at ghostly poise
Dawn breaks slow the city employs
Final fare the night collects
Steel bridge groans the wire connects
Two souls wait where tracks intersect
Morning comes to settle debts
Change cup rattles in the draft
Subway wind cuts morning half
Taxi idles toll booth laughs
Both men done with graveyard shift
Booth door creaks on rusted hinge
Collector counts the night's last fringe
Badge comes off the numbers cringe
Pension papers final tinge
Key turns over engine wakes
Morning run for morning's sake
Bridge toll paid the divider breaks
Two old hands the steering takes
Final fare the night collects
Steel bridge groans the wire connects
Two souls wait where tracks intersect
Morning comes to settle debts
Meter resets the booth goes dark
Another shift another mark
