Track Insight / Lyrics
Low whistle threads through the dawn
A diner phone glows above the pie case
June's coffee steams, and morning leaves her waiting
While one small plate sits empty by the griddle
June flips the bacon in a battered pan
She saves a pilot's message 'neath the griddle
Her daughter has been waiting since eleven
June pours two mugs, then hums a little riddle
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Beads of grease catch fluorescent light
June presses play, then leans in tight
Outside, the delivery truck rattles by
The morning starts beneath a copper sky
Leave a light on if I take flight
Keep the coffee warm and sunrise bright
Say I love you when the static hums
Then hold my place where morning comes
Her daughter reads the words beside the griddle
She laughs at June's advice and steals a biscuit
Her father's gone before the morning bell
Her mother's chasing weather down a valley
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Beads of grease catch fluorescent light
June presses play, then leans in tight
Outside, the delivery truck rattles by
The morning starts beneath a copper sky
Leave the porch light burning, I am close
Count the blue tick marks; I miss you most
Say I love you when the static hums
Buy me some coffee when your mother comes
The radio crackles under racks of grills
A red warning lamp crawls across the wheels
The coffee cools while dawn attacks the window
She won't surrender one more inch to winter
The fryer clicks off, the diner goes still
June holds the phone against her cotton apron
No bus rattles, no coffee spoon slips
Her daughter's breath suspends as sunrise grips
Keep the porch light burning, keep it dry
Set a place for me where bacon stacks go high
I will race the sunrise, not the sky
But I am coming home where the dashboard glows
The runway waits like one long silver ribbon
A tower sends a code she memorized
June keeps the line open, greases a griddle
Her regulars ask if she's doing just a little
Leave the porch light burning, I am near
Pour me one more coffee, wipe it clear
I raced the sun by every radio
Now set my plate beside the morning's gold
The cockpit door opens at half past five
June saves the message
