Yellow cab pulls off the street
Finds shelter where the rails meet
Paint curls down like old receipts
Driver checks his worn out seats
Rain taps hood in steady time
Depot clock strikes half past nine
Driver lights a cigarette
Remembers every fare he met
The taxi waits beneath iron roof
Peeling paint shows years of proof
Meter ticks but engine cold
Stories etched in steel and gold
Brass plate reads the company name
Faded letters just the same
Thirty years he knows this spot
Best shelter that he ever got
Rain taps hood in steady time
Depot clock strikes half past nine
Driver lights a cigarette
Remembers every fare he met
The taxi waits beneath iron roof
Peeling paint shows years of proof
Meter ticks but engine cold
Stories etched in steel and gold
Hammond hums from window above
Organ notes and dubby love
Brass section muted low and deep
Driver wakes from half asleep
The taxi waits beneath iron roof
Peeling paint shows years of proof
Meter ticks but engine cold
Stories etched in steel and gold
Fare box full of coins and bills
Night shift pays the weekly pills
Radio plays steppers beat
Heavy bass beneath his feet
The taxi waits beneath iron roof
Peeling paint shows years of proof
Meter ticks but engine cold
Stories etched in steel and gold
Dawn breaks gray on rusted steel
Another night behind the wheel
Engine coughs to waking life
Cuts through morning like a knife
The taxi waits beneath iron roof
Peeling paint shows years of proof
Meter ticks but engine cold
Stories etched in steel and gold
Iron roof holds morning light
Taxi rolls into the night
