Salt wind slips through grating steel
Tug engine coughs on Hudson keel
Fluorescent hum meets diesel song
Three AM and the night feels long
Lantern logic tide and wire
Subway rumbles harbor fire
Two worlds breathing in the dark
Different rhythm same old spark
Harbor under Broadway lights
Tugboat humming through the night
Lighthouse eyes on city streets
Where the salt and concrete meet
Rust stains bloom on piling wood
Commuters sleep where workers stood
Schedule boards glow green and white
Tide don't care for morning light
Lantern logic tide and wire
Subway rumbles harbor fire
Two worlds breathing in the dark
Different rhythm same old spark
Harbor under Broadway lights
Tugboat humming through the night
Lighthouse eyes on city streets
Where the salt and concrete meet
Kerosene smell on wool coat sleeve
Thirty years I watched the waves leave
Now I ride the numbered train
Counting signals watching rain
Foghorn blows through ventilation grates
Steel wheels scream on rusted plates
But the tug keeps pulling steady slow
Like a heartbeat down below
Harbor under Broadway lights
Tugboat humming through the night
Lighthouse eyes on city streets
Where the salt and concrete meet
Morning comes with coffee steam
City wakes from diesel dream
I still scan the water's skin
For the light that pulls me in
Harbor under Broadway lights
Tugboat humming through the night
Lighthouse eyes on city streets
Where the salt and concrete meet
Tugboat humming lighthouse mind
Two dark worlds in sync and time
