Mist clings low on iron bridge
Geiger clicks on wrist and ridge
Trench coat drags through sludge and silt
Morning waits on guilty tilt
Half-life coffee cold and strong
Half-life shifts go on too long
Zone don't care who's right or wrong
Just the click that counts it all
Banjo rattles fiddle screams loud
Foot stomp shakes the wooden planks
Cello weeps through broken ranks
Case file burns in shaking hands
Half-life coffee cold and strong
Half-life shifts go on too long
Zone don't care who's right or wrong
Just the click that counts it all
Regulars know the order here
Black coffee side of quiet fear
Trench coat pockets hold the proof
Dawn breaks when we find the truth
No diner stool no vinyl seat
Just radiation cold and sweet
Fiddle races banjo drives
Racing hard while hope survives
One more span one more mile
Geiger guides the rank and file
Mist lifts slow on rusted rail
Geiger slows a tired tale
Trench coat hangs on drying rack
Another shift behind the back
Half-life coffee cold and strong
Half-life shifts go on too long
Zone don't care who's right or wrong
Just the click that counts it all
Coffee poured in chipped enamel
Static fades on morning panel
Case shut tight in leather bind
Cook feeds the early risers
Half-life coffee cold and strong
Half-life shifts go on too long
Zone don't care who's right or wrong
Just the click that counts it all
Half-life coffee cold and strong
Half-life shifts go on too long
We walk the bridge at breaking dawn
Geiger silent shift is done
Foot stomp fades on wooden planks
Cello weeps its last thanks
Geiger clicks its final song
Shift done dawn breaks strong