Track Insight / Lyrics
You drift past the pie case glass
Wings fold quiet, watching mass
Salt shaker tips, a tiny snow
Three AM has got you low
Owl at three, you own the booth
Grill smoke rising through the roof
Coffee black and eggs run slow
Only night shift knows you though
Fryer baskets clank and sing
You don't flinch at anything
Ketchup bottles catch your gaze
Regulars in midnight haze
Owl at three, you own the booth
Grill smoke rising through the roof
Coffee black and eggs run slow
Only night shift knows you though
Sugar packets stacked in rows
Order up, bell cuts the air
Steam curls rising from the stove
You just blink and settle there
Owl at three, you own the booth
Grill smoke rising through the roof
Coffee black and eggs run slow
Only night shift knows you though
Napkin dispenser, metal teeth
You're the strangest thing I've seen beneath
Wall clock ticks quarter past
First and last and built to last
No menu for a bird like you
Just crumbs and silence, cold and blue
But I'll save a crust, maybe two
Cook's privilege for the night crew
Dawn creeps in through grease-stained glass
You lift off like broken gas
Wingbeat soft on vinyl seat
Best damn tip I'll get all week
Owl at three, you owned the booth
Grill smoke rising through the roof
Coffee black and eggs run slow
Only night shift knows you though
Feathers on the vinyl now
Three AM won't ask me how