You sit in denim faded blue
Depot paint is peeling too
Torch rests cold beside your boot
Metal cools without dispute
Rail ties sleep on gravel bed
Rusted tracks stretch straight ahead
Whistle silent in the haze
Keeper counts the lonely days
Iron quiet holds the night
Welder rests in denim blue
Lighthouse beam cuts pale and white
Depot dreams in rusted hue
Salt wind sings through broken glass
Weld seams hold the water tank
Storm comes hard but slow to pass
Metal drinks what oceans drank
Iron quiet holds the night
Welder rests in denim blue
Lighthouse beam cuts pale and white
Depot dreams in rusted hue
Fog rolls in on copper wire
Joints you fused stay true and tight
Keeper tends the lantern fire
Both keep watch through frozen night
Shift ends quiet, no fanfare
Denim dust on calloused hands
Steel remembers every glare
Rest comes hard in iron lands
Dawn will break on rivet lines
Paint will peel in slow decay
You'll strike arcs on morning signs
Keeper tends the beam all day
Iron quiet holds the night
Welder rests in denim blue
Lighthouse beam cuts pale and white
Depot dreams in rusted hue
Two watchmen in silence stand
Salt and steel share common ground
Iron quiet, iron sound
