Three bucks for the meter ride
Keep the windows open wide
Peeling paint on every wall
Watching winter shadows fall
Neon pink on rusted gray
Burning through the end of day
Waiting for a midnight train
Washing out the city stain
Coffee black and sugar sweet
Cold wind howling down the street
Old men talking bout the war
Leaning on a swinging door
Fare is cheap but time is high
Underneath a copper sky
Check the mirror, check the clock
Wait for every heavy knock
Neon pink on rusted gray
Burning through the end of day
Waiting for a midnight train
Washing out the city stain
Tires humming on the grit
Light a cigarette and sit
Everything is slow and gold
Stories that have all been told
Watch the sparks fly off the rail
Turning every vision pale
Shift the gear and turn the key
Set the lonely spirit free
Neon pink on rusted gray
Burning through the end of day
Waiting for a midnight train
Washing out the city stain
Keep the change, I'm moving on
Wait until the break of dawn