Camera clicks on cracked vinyl seat
Driver counts steps in rhythm sweet
Screen glow bleeds through fogged glass pane
Synth chords rise like summer rain
Token slides in metal throat
Game screen wakes a ghostly note
Quarter fare and pixel glow
Where the runaway kids go
Taxi waits on midnight street
Arcade heart beats incomplete
Drive me further drive me sweet
Meter ticks in time with beats
Felt piano under leather seats
Modular blips kiss wooden drums
Claustrophobic tension comes
Driver's fingers tap the wheel
Melody begins to heal
Quarter fare and pixel glow
Where the runaway kids go
Taxi waits on midnight street
Arcade heart beats incomplete
Drive me further drive me sweet
Shutter snaps the driver's hands
Gnarled knots on wheel like rubber bands
He counts each footfall on the curb
Disturbing peace he won't disturb
Synth arpeggio climbs the air
Relief arrives without a prayer
Quarter fare and pixel glow
Where the runaway kids go
Taxi waits on midnight street
Arcade heart beats incomplete
Drive me further drive me sweet
Major key unlocks the night
Tension dissolves in morning light
Wide stereo the console warm
Safe within this pixel storm
Camera lowers journey ends
Quarter fare makes amends
Quarter fare and pixel glow
Where the runaway kids go
Taxi waits on midnight street
Arcade heart beats complete
Drive me further drive me sweet
Camera clicks the meter drops
Quarter fare never stops
