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Yellow cab idles by the warehouse door
Meter dark, no fares to chase no more
Tugboat groans against the rusted steel
Fire escape teeth bite deep into the keel
Sun bleeds orange through the smokestack haze
Deckhand curses, checks the tangled stays
Iron ribs clamp down on fiberglass skin
Night shift waits to cut the mess they're in
Harbor knot, harbor knot
Summer dusk ties what the tide forgot
Harbor knot, harbor knot
Steel embraces what the water brought
Twenty years I've driven these waterfront streets
Know each pothole, know each dockhand's beats
Never seen a boat swallow stairs so tight
Like a drunk man hugging a lamppost at night
Harbor knot, harbor knot
Summer dusk ties what the tide forgot
Harbor knot, harbor knot
Steel embraces what the water brought
Passenger seat holds a thermos cup
Cold coffee, cigarette burned down to butt
Life's just snarls you didn't plan to meet
Some knots loosen slow, some stay complete
Radio crackles with the coast guard call
Stand by, stand by, we'll untangle all
Winch cable sings a high whining note
Sparks shower down on the oil-slick moat
Hydraulics scream, the metal yields an inch
Deckhands cheer, wipe sweat from weathered chin
Tugboat shudders free with a drowning gasp
Fire escape sighs, unclenches its iron grasp
Harbor knot, harbor knot
Summer dusk ties what the tide forgot
Harbor knot, harbor knot
Steel embraces what the water brought
Harbor knot... harbor knot...
Meter clicks on, I pull from the curb
Another knot waiting round the next curve
Night shift starts with a tank full of nerve