Track Insight / Lyrics
Grease stains on my flight suit cuffs
Radio static, tower's asleep
Diner dreams are rough and tough
Promises I couldn't keep
Checking thrusters on the veranda
Desert wind don't need no commander
Santa Fe glows like a grill flare
I'm the only pilot there
Altimeter reads like a ticket wheel
Fuel gauge dropping, stainless steel
Regulars call me Captain Joe
But they don't know the half I know
Checking thrusters on the veranda
Desert wind don't need no commander
Santa Fe glows like a grill flare
I'm the only pilot there
Adobe walls hold daytime heat
Cooler full of Pabst and meat
Thruster pods need one more check
Before the sun pecks at my neck
Checking thrusters on the veranda
Desert wind don't need no commander
Santa Fe glows like a grill flare
I'm the only pilot there
Short order life, long haul flight
Grease and gravity, same old fight
Flip a burger, bank a turn
Watch the desert skyways burn
No tickets punched, no order called
Just me and gravity stalled
Sand in the coffee, grit in the gear
Flying's the only waitress here
Dawn cracks open like a shell
Engines hum a farewell yell
Santa Fe wakes up slow and mean
Best damn pilot ever seen
Checking thrusters on the veranda
Desert wind don't need no commander
Santa Fe glows like a grill flare
I'm the only pilot there
Yeah, the only pilot there
Cup rings empty on the rail
Desert wind tells the tale