Track Insight / Lyrics
Last fare paid in folding cash
Dust curled pale around the glass
Over meadow, coarse and deep
Unmowed barley holding sleep
Meter idles when daylight dies
Headlights soften as night arrives
Moths circle the dashboard glass
Old keys whisper, let it pass
Fireflies drift above the field
Shining where the green leaves shield
Taxi idles by the lane
Summer rests inside the rain
Six miles back, the porch burned bright
Rain stitched silver through the night
At the bend, the gate swung wide
I let silence be my guide
Turnstones darken the roadside grass
Evening settles as the hours pass
Red brake lights are fading fast
Old keys murmur, hold on, last
Fireflies spin across the glass
Shimmering as the dark days pass
Headlights comb a rusted rail
Sparks divide the mist and veil
One child blew a yellow kiss
Smiled at me through golden glass
Two bare heels forgot the dust
Then my hand remembered hers
Fireflies stitch the twilight air
Shimmering from post to post
Glimmers crown an unmowed ghost
While the old lane holds them there
Back beyond the county line
Blue ribbons tangled in the wire
Summer names had slipped away
Leaving sparks where children play
Fireflies hover by the pane
Counting every window's stain
Taxi idles as the bells
Murmur gently through the fields
Now the meters only climb
Old Buick answers, keeps good time
New Buick purrs beneath the rain
Old boots sink in county loam
Fireflies drift above the field
Glowing where the green leaves shield
Every spark recalls the lane
Summer sleeps beneath the rain
Moonlight settles on the hood
Turns the fields to shining wood
One bright spark begins to glow
Like the ones I used to know