Track Insight / Lyrics
Neon bleeds along the highway
Blue coffee steam dissolves in gray
Steel forks rattle on the moving tray
Two tired shadows drift away
Last bus rattles when the day turns
Frost makes silver feathers where the steam curls
On the tile, your paws are quicker
Cutting through the kitchen like a flicker
You take the shortcut down the glowing street
Cross the diner like a flash of heat
Run the corners where the morning's slow
You're the stray that I could keep close
Supper orders stack like playing cards
Gravy stains are drying on the jars
Rain taps softly on the tin
You duck beneath it, lightning to the bin
You take the shortcut down the glowing street
Cross the diner like a flash of heat
Run the corners where the morning's slow
You're the stray that I could keep close
Five AM ghosts are stacking up the chairs
Espresso hisses through the cigarettes
Ring the bell, I'll hide a saucer
Turkey, bread, your secret early-racer
You take the shortcut down the glowing street
Cross the diner like a flash of heat
Run the corners where the morning's slow
You're the stray that I could keep close
Morning catches you beneath the bench
Engine hisses while the regulars wince
I leave the back door clicking twice
You cross the dark and make the sunrise
Starlight stains the stainless floor
Blue cup markings tally all the scores
Not a collar, but a promise
Old as gravy on the edges
Through the quiet, somehow you follow
Sleep beside the booth where Mary holds
You take the shortcut down the glowing street
Cross the diner like a flash of heat
Run the corners where the morning's slow
You're the stray that I could keep close
Morning spills across the chrome
Last bus leaves, and you are gone
Back door swings, and I still know
Some roads are only mine alone
