Track Insight / Lyrics
You count coins where frost bites steel fingers
Snow piles high on wooden sign lingers
Meter clicks slow in dusk's blue hour
No passengers wait, no engine power
Toll booth stands where orchard roots run deep
Keeper dreams while fruit trees sleep
Headlights sweep past your quiet chair
Snow falls soft on empty fare
Radio crackles static through night
Heater hums weak, barely gives light
Logbook pages yellow at the edge
No fares collected, no pledge
Toll booth stands where orchard roots run deep
Keeper dreams while fruit trees sleep
Headlights sweep past your quiet chair
Snow falls soft on empty fare
You know each crack in pavement skin
Where salt trucks scrape and plows begin
Proverb etched in grease-stained palm
Winter breaks but spring brings calm
Branches heavy, bow to ground
No voice speaks, no engine sound
Just you and breath in cold air caught
A moment bought, not sold or sought
First star pricks the violet sky
You stamp your boots, let out a sigh
Coat collar turned against the bite
Another shift ends in white night
Toll booth stands where orchard roots run deep
Keeper dreams while fruit trees sleep
Headlights sweep past your quiet chair
Snow falls soft on empty fare
Dawn will crack the frozen gate
New fares wait at morning's plate
But now you rest where apples grew
Snow covers all but tire tracks true
Toll booth stands where orchard roots run deep
Keeper dreams while fruit trees sleep
Headlights sweep past your quiet chair
Snow falls soft on empty fare
Engine cools in pear tree shade
Debt of night already paid
Keys turn quiet in frozen glove