Oil slick mirrors convenience glow
Vending machine hums a tone I know
Rust flakes kiss my vinyl seat
Midnight timetable incomplete
Salaryman folds his wet umbrella
Platform clock ticks slow and stellar
Condensation crawls the rivet line
Last train left at quarter to nine
Rust prays in the alley dark
Steel beads sweat on a sacred arc
No stained glass just sodium flame
This freight car knows my baptism name
Fluorescent flicker counts the beat
Alto breath in concrete heat
Latin verses lost to static hiss
Kyrie eleison in the mist
Rust prays in the alley dark
Steel beads sweat on a sacred arc
No stained glass just sodium flame
This freight car knows my baptism name
Gated snare cuts through the drizzle
Moog sawtooth begins to sizzle
Deadpan voice begins to rise
Anthem climbs the vertical skies
Corrugated walls absorb the choir
Neon reflection burns like fire
Each droplet hits a perfect pitch
Midnight switches on the switch
No nave no apse no polished pew
Just rust and rain and morning dew
But harmony lives in metal grain
A freight car psalm in acid rain
Rust prays in the alley dark
Steel beads sweat on a sacred arc
No stained glass just sodium flame
This freight car knows my baptism name
Rain stops engine turns
Amen in the steel
