Track Insight / Lyrics
Coffee steams on Formica counter tops
Night shift regulars stop their talking stops
Through greased up window, rail yard comes alive
Stray hound hunts where switching engines drive
Steel rails glow through morning fog
Hound moves quiet like a tired dog
No whistle blows, no master calls
Just reflections on the yard's stone walls
Mangey coat catches sodium orange glare
Breath plumes white in frozen midnight air
He don't beg scraps from the short-order line
Just tracks the scent where boxcar wheels align
Steel rails glow through morning fog
Hound moves quiet like a tired dog
No whistle blows, no master calls
Just reflections on the yard's stone walls
Pie case hums, lights flicker red and blue
Cook flips eggs with a spatula he knew
Hound pauses, ears twitch at a distant sound
Headlights sweep the gravel, lost and found
Steel rails glow through morning fog
Hound moves quiet like a tired dog
No whistle blows, no master calls
Just reflections on the yard's stone walls
Pedal steel cries like a whistle blown
Fingerpicked notes on strings unknown
Harmonica wails through the sliding glass
Moment holds, then lets the morning pass
Dawn breaks pale on rusted switching gear
Hound sits patient, waiting for what's near
Cook pours coffee, nods to the empty stool
Day shift comes in, playing by the rules
Steel rails glow through morning fog
Hound moves quiet like a tired dog
No whistle blows, no master calls
Just reflections on the yard's stone walls
Rail yard hound reflects the light
Gone by noon, but here tonight
