Coffee pot sings on the burner grate
I watch the station through the diner plate
A letter sits where the pump light shines
Waiting for someone killing time
Wet paper folds on the metal tray
Neon buzz cuts through the gray
Stamp is drowning ink runs deep
Promises the storm can't keep
Oh Neon Sentinel standing tall
Waiting for a hand to break the fall
Rain writes a story on the envelope skin
Who you waiting for to let you in
Trucker Joe asks for a refill cup
Says that letter's got some heavy stuff
Been there since Tuesday maybe more
Wind don't scare it off the floor
Wet paper folds on the metal tray
Neon buzz cuts through the gray
Stamp is drowning ink runs deep
Promises the storm can't keep
Oh Neon Sentinel standing tall
Waiting for a hand to break the fall
Rain writes a story on the envelope skin
Who you waiting for to let you in
Fryer pops loud in the quiet night
Letter glows soft in the sodium light
Address worn to a pale shade of blue
No return address nothing true
Oh Neon Sentinel standing tall
Waiting for a hand to break the fall
Rain writes a story on the envelope skin
Who you waiting for to let you in
Cooked a thousand eggs seen lives unfold
Stories muttered never fully told
But this paper square on the concrete stand
Holds the weight of a trembling hand
Oh Neon Sentinel standing tall
Waiting for a hand to break the fall
Rain writes a story on the envelope skin
Who you waiting for to let you in
Dawn cracks open gray and thin
Letter's gone don't know where it's been
Only a wet spot on the metal shelf
I pour a cup and keep to myself
Oh Neon Sentinel standing tall
Waiting for a hand to break the fall
Rain writes a story on the envelope skin
Who you waiting for to let you in
Coffee's cold the shift is done
Neon hums beneath the sun
