I float where saxophone spills down
Basement doors exhale blue sound
Camera clicks in trembling hands
Teen runaway on river sands
Wood remembers every face
Hull holds time in water's grace
Keel light cuts the morning gray
Watch the kid snap night away
Strings bend low on Martin guitar
Footsteps echo from the bar
Banjo claws the waking sky
Fiddle screams as hours fly
Wood remembers every face
Hull holds time in water's grace
Keel light cuts the morning gray
Watch the kid snap night away
Shutter snaps the brass section's crown
Bass line drips on river down
Runaway grins through viewfinder glass
Catches moments as they pass
Wood remembers every face
Hull holds time in water's grace
Keel light cuts the morning gray
Watch the kid snap night away
Current pulls but I stay put
Witness to the open shut
No engine roar no sail unfurled
Just wood and water watching world
Morning breaks on Clark Street bridge
Lightning bolts along the ridge
Camera drops the kid runs home
Boat remains on Chicago foam
Wood remembers every face
Hull holds time in water's grace
Keel light cuts the morning gray
Watch the kid snap night away
Wood remembers every face
Hull holds time in water's grace
Keel light cuts the morning gray
Watch the kid snap night away
Banjo fades on river skin
Cello hums where light begins
