Track Insight / Lyrics
I drive the route through Shinjuku
The midnight rain is coming through
I see a car in alley shade
A heavy debt that won't be paid
Oh, rusty steel blue in the light
A ghost of iron in the night
Slowly fading, losing the glow
Nowhere left for a freight car to go
The fare is high but the road is wet
A metal heart in a neon net
It sits behind a vending machine
The strangest sight I have ever seen
Old wheels are locked in a salty crust
A silver empire turning to rust
It used to carry the heavy load
Now it is stuck by a narrow road
Oh, rusty steel blue in the light
A ghost of iron in the night
Slowly fading, losing the glow
Nowhere left for a freight car to go
The drizzle hits the cold red paint
The engine hum is getting faint
I shift the gear and I check the glass
Watching the midnight phantoms pass
I told a kid that the world is fast
Nothing of iron is built to last
Just like a fare who forgets to pay
The shiny colors all wash away
Oh, rusty steel blue in the light
A ghost of iron in the night
Slowly fading, losing the glow
Nowhere left for a freight car to go
Rusty steel blue.
Just a ghost in the dew.
Keep the meter running.
