Thirty years I've known these streets
Counted fares in worn-out seats
Chrome girl leans on brick and steam
Optics dimming in a dream
Rain writes code on corrugated tin
Her pulse syncs to a server spin
I've hauled saints and sinners through
Never seen a ghost like you
Rusted glow in midnight rain
Chrome and flesh both feel the pain
Taxi meter ticks the cost
For the signal that we lost
Rusted glow won't fade to black
Drive the night and don't look back
Firewall cracked at zero hour
Data bleeding through the tower
Eyes once burned electric blue
Now they rust like morning dew
Rain writes code on corrugated tin
Her pulse syncs to a server spin
I've hauled saints and sinners through
Never seen a ghost like you
Rusted glow in midnight rain
Chrome and flesh both feel the pain
Taxi meter ticks the cost
For the signal that we lost
Rusted glow won't fade to black
Drive the night and don't look back
Dispatch calls but I stay parked
Watch the sky turn carbon-dark
She uploads to a dead satellite
Silence hums in copper line
Every fare pays double here
Memory is the steering gear
She types coordinates in blood
I shift gears through rising flood
Dawn breaks hot on shattered glass
First light comes and comes to pass
Rusted glow in midnight rain
Chrome and flesh both feel the pain
Taxi meter ticks the cost
For the signal that we lost
Rusted glow won't fade to black
Drive the night and don't look back
Engine coughs to waking life
She cuts deep to survive the knife
Two survivors of the grind
Leaving Night City far behind
Rusted glow in midnight rain
Chrome and flesh both feel the pain
Taxi meter ticks the cost
For the signal that we lost
Rusted glow won't fade to black
Drive the night and don't look back
Rusted glow we drive the night
Meter stops at city line
Rusted glow still burns in time
