Track Insight / Lyrics
He showed up thin one rainy night
With burrs and burlap, ribs in sight
I fed him scraps and named him None
He stayed right here when day was done
Still kitchen, still chair
Kettle steaming, no one there
Still kitchen, still chair
He waits for me with steady care
The lamp wick flickers, tallow low
He lifts one ear when cold winds blow
He does not beg and does not roam
He guards the salt box, guards the home
Still kitchen, still chair
Kettle steaming, no one there
Still kitchen, still chair
He waits for me with steady care
The floorboards creak their old refrain
He circles twice and lies down plain
His collar's worn, his coat is thinned
But loyalty lives deep within
Still kitchen, still chair
Kettle steaming, no one there
Still kitchen, still chair
He waits for me with steady care
Some nights I hear the harbor bell
And think of storms I knew too well
But he just watches, brown and true
The way a lighthouse keeper do
Still kitchen, still chair
Kettle steaming, no one there
Still kitchen, still chair
He waits for me with steady care
The years roll out like fog and tide
He's always waiting here inside
And when my final watch is through
I know he'll wait for me there too
Still kitchen, still chair
Kettle steaming, no one there
Still kitchen, still chair
He waits for me with steady care
He waits for me with steady care
Kettle hums a low and patient tune
Still kitchen, still chair, still afternoon
