Meter clicks on vinyl seat
Rain slicks the boulevard street
Coffee steam rises through the grate
Night shift begins at half past eight
Red tubes bleed on rusted steel
Summer dusk makes the metal heal
Moths circle the buzzing crown
Taxi wheels keep spinning round
Neon diner sign tangled tight
Old iron fire escape holds the light
Summer dusk burns through the wire
Neon iron knot burning higher
Neon iron knot burning higher
Passenger pays and slams the door
Leaves a tip on the cracked floor
I watch the sign from cab number three
Glowing there for folks like me
Red tubes bleed on rusted steel
Summer dusk makes the metal heal
Moths circle the buzzing crown
Taxi wheels keep spinning round
Neon diner sign tangled tight
Old iron fire escape holds the light
Summer dusk burns through the wire
Neon iron knot burning higher
Neon iron knot burning higher
Twenty years I've driven past
This glowing knot that's built to last
Generations fed beneath the glare
Lonely hearts and lovers' prayer
Neon diner sign tangled tight
Old iron fire escape holds the light
Summer dusk burns through the wire
Neon iron knot burning higher
Neon iron knot burning higher
Fiddle cries on the radio
Cello weeps deep and low
Prairie reverb fills the cab
Best damn music that I ever had
Neon diner sign tangled tight
Old iron fire escape holds the light
Summer dusk burns through the wire
Neon iron knot burning higher
Neon iron knot burning higher
Morning comes and kills the glow
Iron skeleton shows bone white though
But I'll be back when dusk descends
Where the neon knot begins and ends
Neon diner sign tangled tight
Old iron fire escape holds the light
Summer dusk burns through the wire
Neon iron knot burning higher
Neon iron knot burning higher
Neon iron knot burning higher
Sign keeps glowing through the night
Taxi driver sees the light