Morning tide pulls slack chain loose
I watch your boots kiss splintered planks
My lamp room dark no lens to use
Salt air fills these crumbling banks
Fog rolls thick through Golden Gate
Pedals still on Pier Seven
This old keeper watches waits
Dawn breaks slow this slice of heaven
Rusty spokes catch pale weak light
Handlebars rest on iron rail
I log the fading of the night
Tide turns slow no storm no gale
Fog rolls thick through Golden Gate
Pedals still on Pier Seven
This old keeper watches waits
Dawn breaks slow this slice of heaven
Thermos steam curls upward slow
Coffee black as midnight water
I nod no words I need to show
Two old souls no son no daughter
Fog rolls thick through Golden Gate
Pedals still on Pier Seven
This old keeper watches waits
Dawn breaks slow this slice of heaven
Ship horn blasts from freighter ship
You mount up clip in your shoes
My weathered hand gives steady grip
On the rail no win no lose
Fog rolls thick through Golden Gate
Pedals still on Pier Seven
This old keeper watches waits
Dawn breaks slow this slice of heaven
Fog lifts slow from Pier Seven
Light returns to golden heaven