Meter runs on borrowed time old friend
Radiation rain won't wash away the grime
Twenty years I've driven death's dead end
Clean steel sings a lullaby in rhyme
Bridge groans low beneath the reactor sky
Oil cloth moves in circles passing by
Half-life drops can't measure what we buy
Silver in the mist sings true and clean
Taxi waits where concrete walls convene
Geiger counts the beats between the seen
Old wheels turn on roads that stay unseen
Passenger paid double for the zone
Lead-lined boots leave prints on cracked cement
Monster blood dries black on chrome and bone
Every fare's a contract heaven sent
Bridge groans low beneath the reactor sky
Oil cloth moves in circles passing by
Half-life drops can't measure what we buy
Silver in the mist sings true and clean
Taxi waits where concrete walls convene
Geiger counts the beats between the seen
Old wheels turn on roads that stay unseen
Fog eats headlights whole at three a.m.
Dosimeter clicks a steady drum
Blade reflects the glow of dying gem
Wheels keep turning when the shields succumb
Silver in the mist sings true and clean
Taxi waits where concrete walls convene
Geiger counts the beats between the seen
Old wheels turn on roads that stay unseen
Grandkids ask why driver stays so late
Pension checks don't buy the meds I need
Mutant deer don't care for locks or gate
Steel stays bright for those who watch and bleed
Silver in the mist sings true and clean
Taxi waits where concrete walls convene
Geiger counts the beats between the seen
Old wheels turn on roads that stay unseen
Dawn breaks pale on cooling reactor core
Meter clicks zero at the journey's end
One last wipe then driver starts the roar
Homeward bound on roads I recommend
Silver in the mist sings true and clean
Taxi waits where concrete walls convene
Geiger counts the beats between the seen
Old wheels turn on roads that stay unseen
Silver in the mist where I have been
Engine hums a lullaby so mean
Silver rests where mist stays evergreen
