Yellow cab idles by the stairwell grate
Watch a wirewalker twist his fate
Balancing pole caught in a turnstile jaw
Midnight shift just lost its final draw
Spring reverb hums in dashboard light
Steel cable sings through tunnel night
Taximeter ticks a hollow sound
Driver knows the way back down
Highwire fare on a subway floor
No safety net, just tiles and war
Crooning baritone rides the rail
Spring reverb lingers, turning pale
Meter drops when the balance breaks
Another shade the city makes
Rickenbacker bass thumps in the dark
Angular notes leave their mark
Galloping bassline shakes the tile
Walker frozen, lost his smile
Spring reverb hums in dashboard light
Steel cable sings through tunnel night
Taximeter ticks a hollow sound
Driver knows the way back down
Highwire fare on a subway floor
No safety net, just tiles
