Compass needle frozen stiff
Canal water black as grief
Fog eats the streetlamp glow
Bridge holds what the maps don't know
North don't change and north don't bend
Steel remembers where it's been
Courier waits with coffee breath
Guarding life against the death
Hollowbody hums low C
Brass section muted quietly
Spring reverb on the rail
Dub delay tells the tale
North don't change and north don't bend
Steel remembers where it's been
Courier waits with coffee breath
Guarding life against the death
Leslie spins the organ sound
Rotary wings above the ground
Bass walks heavy four-on-four
Keeps the courier at the door
Winter bites the finger joints
Compass face gets no new points
But the needle knows its job
True north don't need a god
Regulars would call it fate
Cook just serves what's on the plate
Eggs up easy bacon crisp
Bridge don't move and bridge don't slip
North don't change and north don't bend
Steel remembers where it's been
Courier waits with coffee breath
Guarding life against the death
Morning cracks the fog apart
Compass rests against the heart
Package delivered bridge still stands
North don't change in these hands
North don't change and north don't bend
Steel remembers where it's been
Courier waits with coffee breath
Guarding life against the death
North don't change in these hands
Bass walks out like a regular
True north don't need a god