You wipe the counter grease rag in hand
Coffee burns dark in the chipped ceramic land
Regular at stool three wants his eggs over light
You crack two shells quick make the whites turn bright
Fluorescent flicker buzzes overhead
Steam rises slow from the hash brown spread
Bell dings sharp order up on the rail
Night shifts long but the tips don't fail
Down on the platform the brass watch hums
Tick tick tick where the last train comes
Wound tight spring in a copper case
Keeps beating time in this hollow place
You flip the grill steak juice hits the flame
Smoke curls up past your tattooed name
Waitress pours refill calls you Hon loud
You grunt a joke draw a smile from the crowd
Fluorescent flicker buzzes overhead
Steam rises slow from the hash brown spread
Bell dings sharp order up on the rail
Night shifts long but the tips don't fail
Down on the platform the brass watch hums
Tick tick tick where the last train comes
Wound tight spring in a copper case
Keeps beating time in this hollow place
Token booth shuttered glass dark and cold
Mosaic tiles cracked stories untold
Wind from the tunnel shakes dust from the beam
You feel the vibration in your worn boot seam
Brass hum grows loud a vibration deep
Wakes something sleeping in concrete sleep
Your spatula pauses grease cooling fast
Past and present fuse future becomes past
Down on the platform the brass watch hums
Tick tick tick where the last train comes
Wound tight spring in a copper case
Keeps beating time in this hollow place
First train roars up lights cut the gloom
Watch goes silent in its brass tomb
You slide the plate down yolk breaks just right
Another night done another morning light
Down on the platform the brass watch hums
Tick tick tick where the last train comes
Wound tight spring in a copper case
Keeps beating time in this hollow place
Down on the platform the brass watch hums
Coffee pot empty grill turned off cold
Brass hum follows where the daylight goes
