Cold steel trays in a row
Wait for the oven glow
Flour white on my sleeve
Before the morning leave
Sift the gold in the gray
Wait for the break of day
Humming a hymn for the blind
Leaving the city behind
Oil spills on the street
Tarmac burns under feet
Blue light on the motel wall
Watching the autumn fall
Sift the gold in the gray
Wait for the break of day
Humming a hymn for the blind
Leaving the city behind
Yeast rises in the pan
Follow the baker's plan
Scent of salt and old rye
Under a heavy sky
Sift the gold in the gray
Wait for the break of day
Humming a hymn for the blind
Leaving the city behind
Keys jingle in the lock
Counting the ticking clock
Warm bread for the lonely soul
Filling the empty bowl
Sift the gold in the gray
Wait for the break of day
Humming a hymn for the blind
Leaving the city behind
Leaving it all behind
Leaving it all behind
Ooh, ooh, ooh.