Grease pops on the flat-top grill
Coffee steam climbs window sill
Regulars laugh at short jokes told
Night shift stories never old
Subway rumble shakes the floor
Bookstore cat wants something more
Platform purr at three AM
Humming where the trains have been
Whiskers twitch on concrete cold
Midnight story to be told
Pages turn in dusty light
Yellow line glows soft and bright
Train arrives with metallic scream
Cat just purrs a steady dream
Floor tom pulses underground
Droning bass a heavy sound
Platform purr at three AM
Humming where the trains have been
Whiskers twitch on concrete cold
Midnight story to be told
Order up two eggs over easy
Hash browns crisp and slightly greasy
Bell dings sharp through fluorescent haze
Another night another phase
Jazzmaster fuzz cuts through the air
Heavy tom and bass line bare
Two voices twine in midnight blue
Cook and cat and me and you
Platform purr at three AM
Humming where the trains have been
Whiskers twitch on concrete cold
Midnight story to be told
Paw prints trace the concrete cold
Stories written never old
Bookshop scent of paper glue
Mixes with the subway stew
Platform purr at three AM
Humming where the trains have been
Whiskers twitch on concrete cold
Midnight story to be told
Platform purr at three AM
Loud and proud and never dim
Train departs the purr stays on
Platform purr till dawn
