Track Insight / Lyrics
Chrome grille kisses salty morning air
Vinyl seats hold stories worn and rare
Gold chain glints on the cracked leather dash
Seconds ride the rolling surf and splash
Odometer clicks like a heartbeat slow
Miles of memory where the headlands go
Salt & second hands on coastline drives
Counting miles where the ocean survives
Tick follows tock on the overpass grade
Memories etched in the concrete and shade
Driver nods to the rhythm swayed
Salt & second hands, the only wage paid
Grandfather's gift for a safe return
Ticked through wars where the steel bridges burn
Now it rides where the gulls cry loud
Past the refinery stacks and cloud
Face scratched deep by a lifetime of fares
Silver catches the coastal glares
Sun hits glass at the noon apex
Driver checks his mirror, checks the specs
Watch face catches the western fire
Glowing soft on the tangled wire
Shadows stretch on the asphalt skin
Day folds up, lets the night begin
Salt & second hands on coastline drives
Counting miles where the ocean survives
Tick follows tock on the overpass grade
Memories etched in the concrete and shade
Driver nods to the rhythm swayed
Salt & second hands, the only wage paid
Meter drops but the clock don't stop
Wheels turn heavy over the overpass top
Fare is dust in a paper cup
Time's the only fare we drop
Proverb whispered on the CB band
Life's a ride you don't understand
Evening paints the guardrails gold
Stories end but the watch stays old
Passenger gone, the seat is cold
Driver steers for the stories untold
Headlights sweep the descending grade
Peace made with the choices made
Salt & second hands on coastline drives
Counting miles where the ocean survives
Tick follows tock on the overpass grade
Memories etched in the concrete and shade
Driver nods to the rhythm swayed
Salt & second hands, the only wage paid
Salt & second hands, the debt repaid
Engine hums a l