Track Insight / Lyrics
Peeling paint curls on the depot wall
Telephone repairman answers no call
Pliers rest quiet on his canvas belt
Morning static fades like winter melt
Thermos clicks open, dark roast steam climbs
Rusted tracks hum where the freight train chimes
Crossword half-solved in his calloused hand
Depot benches weathered, grain like sand
Line break on the siding, coffee strong and black
Peeling paint witnesses the morning track
Wire rests coiled, no humming today
Depot shadows stretch and fade away
Insulators gleam on the crossarm row
Pole climbers hung where the wild vines grow
Lunch pail dented, apple core inside
Quiet morning, nowhere left to hide
Line break on the siding, coffee strong and black
Peeling paint witnesses the morning track
Wire rests coiled, no humming today
Depot shadows stretch and fade away
Static hums low in the copper vein
Diner regular knows his order plain
Two eggs over, rye toast, extra grease
Morning rush dissolves to sweet release
Schedule board flaps in the diesel wind
Repairman checks where the lines begin
Splicing knife sharp in his worn jeans pocket
Depot clock ticks like a steady rocket
Coffee gone cold in the metal cup
Wire man stands, stretches, wakes it up
Climbs the pole where the morning sun hits
Depot fades behind in powdered bits
Line break on the siding, coffee strong and black
Peeling paint witnesses the morning track
Wire rests coiled, no humming today
Depot shadows stretch and fade away
Line break, line break, the wire holds
Morning coffee, story told
Thermos clicks shut, pole climbers ring
Depot peace is a quiet thing
