Track Insight / Lyrics
Coffee steams on the flat top grill
Brick sidewalk winds up Beacon Hill
Pool don't ripple, pool don't drain
She comes back every night in rain
Still water on the brick walkway
She don't look but I gotta stay
Anomalous pool, don't ask me why
Night shift cook with a stalker's eye
Eggs flip over, bacon pops loud
She stops and stares, the water stops proud
No reflection of the streetlight glow
Just her face in the deep below
Still water on the brick walkway
She don't look but I gotta stay
Anomalous pool, don't ask me why
Night shift cook with a stalker's eye
Regulars joke 'bout the girl in gray
I serve 'em hash, they drift away
Harmonica breathes in the cold night air
Pedal steel cries like a prayer
Still water on the brick walkway
She don't look but I gotta stay
Anomalous pool, don't ask me why
Night shift cook with a stalker's eye
Frost on the griddle, frost on the ground
She turns around, no sound, no sound
One drop falls, the surface breaks
My coffee's cold, my hands still shake
Dawn cracks pale on the Charles River bridge
She fades out like smoke on the ridge
Pool stays still, the bricks stay red
I wipe the grill, watch the steam rise ahead
Still water on the brick walkway
She don't look but I gotta stay
Anomalous pool, don't ask me why
Night shift cook with a stalker's eye
Still water... night shift done
Brick and water... morning come
