Track Insight / Lyrics
Rain slicks the Clark Street pavement black
His truck idles by the stage door crack
Coiled cable rests on greased steel rack
Night shift waits for no turning back
Work order clipped to his canvas sack
Coax cable hums beneath the blue note moan
He splices copper where the sax has blown
A dial tone prays in minor key
Switchboard hymn for none to see
Down concrete stairs where the air is thick
Bass notes vibrate through the water brick
Piano laughs and trumpet kicks
He checks the splice with fingertip click
Dust covers every mic and pick
Coax cable hums beneath the blue note moan
He splices copper where the sax has blown
A dial tone prays in minor key
Switchboard hymn for none to see
Once he wore the surplice, stood in row
Now pliers hang where hymnals used to go
Altos hummed in latin, soft and low
Grace notes bent in ways he didn't know
Organ pedal, deep and slow
Midnight set breaks, silence rushes in
Static hiss where melody has been
He strips the wire, lets the copper spin
Prayer and signal travel on the same wind
Test set clicks, the circuit comes alive
Voice rides the pair at four oh five
Jazz man's solo fights to survive
Both carried on the same copper drive
Clear connection, four oh five
Coax cable hums beneath the blue note moan
He splices copper where the sax has blown
A dial tone prays in minor key
Switchboard hymn for none to see
Dawn paints the alley amber, pale and thin
Coils the cable
