Track Insight / Lyrics
Grease pops on the hot grill plate
Hound waits by the freight train gate
Coffee black as engine oil
Paws rest on the cold dark soil
Steam rises from my chipped white cup
Breath clouds from a matted ruff
Night shift drags the morning up
Tracks hum with a distant huff
Rail yard hound with ribs like knives
I wipe the counter, save a life
Fog eats the signal, red and white
We both wait for morning light
Eggs flip on the seasoned steel
Tail thumps on a splintered wheel
Pie slice for the trucker Joe
Bone tossed where the wild grasses grow
Steam rises from my chipped white cup
Breath clouds from a matted ruff
Night shift drags the morning up
Tracks hum with a distant huff
Rail yard hound with ribs like knives
I wipe the counter, save a life
Fog eats the signal, red and white
We both wait for morning light
Order up, two over easy
Scavenged scrap, a feast so greasy
Bell dings, the coffee's poured
Whistle screams, the hound's ignored
I know the schedule, every stop
I know the scent of rain on hot
We share the dark before the dawn
Two strays where the tracks are drawn
Rail yard hound with ribs like knives
I wipe the counter, save a life
Fog eats the signal, red and white
We both wait for morning light
Sunrise paints the depot gold
Coat shines where the dust took hold
Shift ends, I lock the diner door
Paws trot where he's been before
Rail yard hound with ribs like knives
I wipe the counter, save a life
Fog eats the signal, red and white
We both wait for morning light
Coffee cold, the day begins
Hound sleeps where the rail ties in