I've carried drunks and dreams on vinyl seats
Counted miles in cigarette treats
Meter runs but grace don't need no fare
Red light green light answer to prayer
Glass hymns in soapy glow
Watch the spin cycles come and go
Rain writes sermons on the panes
Colored light on window stains
The washer drums a porch-stomp beat
Dryer hums a lullaby sweet
Saint Agnes holds a sock not wheat
Her blue robe stained by soap's deceit
Glass hymns in soapy glow
Watch the spin cycles come and go
Rain writes sermons on the panes
Colored light on window stains
Quarter slots eat wrinkled dollar bills
Lint trap catches prayers and pills
I've seen the glassman cut his hand
Blood like rubies on the land
No meter here no flag drop fee
Just fracture lines where grace runs free
The rain don't ask for destination
Just baptizes every station
Dawn breaks slow on rinse and spin
New day's grime walks back in
But colors hold what night forgot
Glass hymns need no steeple spot
Glass hymns in soapy glow
Watch the spin cycles come and go
Rain writes sermons on the panes
Colored light on window stains
My lead lines ache with winter's cold
But stories shine when dark unfolds
Taxi's parked the engine's dead
Still drive the light where paths are led
Glass hymns in soapy glow
Watch the spin cycles come and go
Rain writes sermons on the panes
Colored light on window stains
Glass hymns in soapy glow
Watch the spin cycles come and go
Rain taps the panes where colors wake
Fluorescent hymns the night shift makes