Rain slicks the windshield like oil on steel
Dispatch crackles static from the wheel
Prague cobblestones glow under sodium light
Another fare vanishes into night
Kosovo dust cakes the floor mat deep
Red mercury hums in a briefcase steel
Virus sleeps where the cold winds peel
Mullins moves where the satellites fail
I drive the roads where the trails go pale
Ghost route runs where the maps don't show
Heavy fuzz guitars in the undertow
Floor tom thumps like a buried heart
Watch the city lights tear apart
Meter spins for a war no one knows
Hong Kong harbor reflects neon red
Silenced pistol whispers near the dead
Night vision greens the alleyway walls
Taxi idles where the shadow falls
Kamchatka wind bites the radiator grill
Red mercury hums in a briefcase steel
Virus sleeps where the cold winds peel
Mullins moves where the satellites fail
I drive the roads where the trails go pale
Ghost route runs where the maps don't show
Heavy fuzz guitars in the undertow
Floor tom thumps like a buried heart
Watch the city lights tear apart
Meter spins for a war no one knows
Passenger pays in coordinates clean
No small talk about the weather scene
Columbian jungle or Siberian ice
I drive the edge of a loaded dice
Fare drops blood on the vinyl seat
Jazzmaster screams through the analog night
Bass drone shakes the rearview light
Tom groove locks at eighty-three
Serene anxiety rides with me
No destination just the ride
Ghost route runs where the maps don't show
Heavy fuzz guitars in the undertow
Floor tom thumps like a buried heart
Watch the city lights tear apart
Meter spins for a war no one knows
Dawn cracks the horizon bruised and thin
Engine dies where the day begins
Logbook empty but the miles remain
Phantom fares in the frozen rain
Old cab smells like gunpowder and time
Ghost route runs where the maps don't show
Heavy fuzz guitars in the undertow
Floor tom thumps like a buried heart
Watch the city lights tear apart
Meter spins for a war no one knows
Keys turn cold in the ignition slot
Ghost route ends where the pavement stops