Propane lantern paints the rail gold
Pilot boots tap thruster casings cold
Spanish moss combs wind through rusted hinges
Meter's running whether wings move or not
Pilings hold when water rises
Pilings hold when thunder hollers
Salt air writes its checks in rust
We know the math of coming home
Thruster breath sings blue in mosquito netting
Crawfish holes blink at exhaust heat
Pirogue wakes lap the porch steps gentle
Don't argue with the road you're flying
Pilings hold when water rises
Pilings hold when thunder hollers
Salt air writes its checks in rust
We know the math of coming home
Weather teaches what no chart explains
Cypress roots drink deep the coming storm
Gator eyes count down the minute hand
Every fare's a story etched in grain
Pilings hold when water rises
Pilings hold when thunder hollers
Salt air writes its checks in rust
We know the math of coming home
Thrusters cool to hand-warm steel
Bayou swallows engine song whole
Pilot lights a cigarette slow
Dawn'll bring the next departure
Boots retrace the path to cockpit door
Porch sighs deep in piling bone
Spanish moss unclenches from the rail
We'll be here when wheels kiss sky again
Pilings hold when water rises
Pilings hold when thunder hollers
Salt air writes its checks in rust
We know the math of coming home
Pilings hold
Pilings hold
Cypress knees drink tea at dawn
Gator trails write fresh maps slow