Track Insight / Lyrics
You stand where the iron tracks bend,
Where the gray morning fog meets the end.
Your roots are in concrete and grit,
A buzzing electric blue lit.
Oh, you glow in the cobalt glass,
Watching the heavy freight pass.
A steady humming electric light,
Keeping the rail yard in sight.
Like a hardy species of weed,
You plant a bright luminous seed.
You drink from the current and wire,
A cold and a flickering fire.
Oh, you glow in the cobalt glass,
Watching the heavy freight pass.
A steady humming electric light,
Keeping the rail yard in sight.
The steel wheels are grinding the clay,
Turning the midnight to gray.
You hold your position so still,
Against the cold wintery chill.
The soil here is salted and lean,
But your humming is sharp and it's clean.
You wait for the engine to roar,
And open a wide open door.
Like a leaf on a tropical vine,
You curve in a luminous line.
You see every sleeper and tie,
Under a wide open sky.
Oh, you glow in the cobalt glass,
Watching the heavy freight pass.
A steady humming electric light,
Keeping the rail yard in sight.
You don't need the rain or the sun,
Until the long journey is done.
Just keep your red letters in place,
With a steady and flickering grace.
Oh, you glow in the cobalt glass,
Watching the heavy freight pass.
A steady humming electric light,
Keeping the rail yard in sight.
Just keep on glowing blue.
Watching the freight pass through.
Cobalt glass.
