I tend the glass and the green leaf
The humid air is my relief
But now I walk on rusted rail
Where heavy iron currents sail
Lost in the fog of the yard
The cold gray wind is hitting hard
I seek the soil and the seed
The only light I truly need
The diesel smoke is thick and black
I follow down a crooked track
My boots are wet with salty brine
I miss the scent of jasmine vine
Lost in the fog of the yard
The cold gray wind is hitting hard
I seek the soil and the seed
The only light I truly need
A signal lamp glows dim and red
While heavy freight rolls overhead
I feel the shake beneath my bone
A gardener far away from home
Lost in the fog of the yard
The cold gray wind is hitting hard
I seek the soil and the seed
The only light I truly need
I search for loam in the steel grit
Where oil and heavy water sit
I'll plant a rose in the coal dust
And bloom inside this wall of rust
Lost in the fog of the yard
The cold gray wind is hitting hard
I seek the soil and the seed
The only light I truly need
Just a green leaf in the gray
I'll find my way back home today
Back home today
