Meter's off the night is mine
Steel rails hum a lullaby
Rain slick streets reflect the amber glow
Last fare gone got nowhere to go
Yellow cab sits quiet on the curb
Waiting for a call I won't disturb
Fluorescent buzz cuts through the tile
Shadows stretch for half a mile
Something moves on platform three
Not a rider wild and free
Subway tightrope walk the line
Between the tracks and neon sign
High wire act for no crowd's cheer
Just the rumble drawing near
Meter reads zero clock strikes two
Fog rolls in off avenue
See a figure balanced thin
Dancing where the trains begin
Fluorescent buzz cuts through the tile
Shadows stretch for half a mile
Something moves on platform three
Not a rider wild and free
Subway tightrope walk the line
Between the tracks and neon sign
High wire act for no crowd's cheer
Just the rumble drawing near
Old hands know the weight of night
Every passenger holds a light
But this one walks on air and steel
No safety net just wheels to heal
I've driven saints and sinners home
Watched the city's heart be shown
Never seen a soul so high
Balanced where the rat trains fly
Subway tightrope walk the line
Between the tracks and neon sign
High wire act for no crowd's cheer
Just the rumble drawing near
Morning comes the wire's gone
Platform empty gray as dawn
Cab starts up with weary cough
Another night written off
Subway tightrope walk the line
Between the tracks and neon sign
High wire act for no crowd's cheer
Just the rumble drawing near
Keep walking that fine line
Meter's running day begins
Subway tightrope wears thin
