Track Insight / Lyrics
Grease on grill and coffee steam
Regulars know what I mean
Trucker Joe wants eggs over light
Waitress Sue yells order right
Silver compass humming low
Beneath booth six, soft and slow
Needle spins but knows the way
Three AM turns into day
Wiping down booth six at three
Found a box where none should be
Silver disc with glass face bright
Humming soft in dead of night
Silver compass humming low
Beneath booth six, soft and slow
Needle spins but knows the way
Three AM turns into day
Compass needle won't point north
Hums a song of strange new worth
Don't point east, don't point west
Rides the rhythm in my chest
Kitchen quiets, no more clatter
Fryer grease stops spattering
Only sound I'm hearing here
Silver humming in my ear
Twenty years flipping at this grill
Never heard a sound so still
But this humming in my fingertips
Tells me where the morning splits
Silver compass humming low
Beneath booth six, soft and slow
Needle spins but knows the way
Three AM turns into day
Pocket compass in my apron now
Still humming soft, don't ask me how
Points toward home, not north or south
Guides me when I'm heading out
Silver compass humming low
Beneath booth six, soft and slow
Needle spins but knows the way
Three AM turns into day
Keeps on humming, won't let go
Only cook who seems to know
Humming still at 3 AM
Silver compass, my old friend