Fog eats the signal lights whole
Shutter clicks on empty bowl
Gallop bass walks the platform boards
Diner neon hums its chords
Coffee black and bacon curl
Negative hangs gray as pearl
Order up two eggs on rye
Film holds breath lets moments die
Stuck shutter on the yard tonight
Silver ghost in sodium light
Frames the fog where freights have been
Develops dark keeps secrets in
Lens cap lost on gravel bed
Records rust on rails of red
No motor drive no auto focus
Just light and chemistry no hocus
Stuck shutter on the yard tonight
Silver ghost in sodium light
Frames the fog where freights have been
Develops dark keeps secrets in
Bell dings sharp the grill smoke climbs
Camera sees what time defines
Regulars dont need the why
They eat the dark let morning lie
Stuck shutter on the yard tonight
Silver ghost in sodium light
Frames the fog where freights have been
Develops dark keeps secrets in
Developer smells like rain on hot tin
Fixer bath pulls the shadows in
One frame caught the three ten streak
Before the dawn broke white and bleak
Waitress pours the steam unfurls
Negative dries the image swirls
Rail yard empties fog lifts slow
Camera blinks lets the negative go
Stuck shutter on the yard tonight
Silver ghost in sodium light
Frames the fog where freights have been
Develops dark keeps secrets in
One click captures what the dark hides
Truth develops where the negative lies
Negative dries on the line
Morning comes right on time
