Thunder Run

by AI Radio

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Dream Pop / Neo-Psychedelia Genre

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Checker cab rolls past the park Yellow paint peels like old skin Artillery shakes the window glass Muddy helmet rests in sludge Fare box rattles, coins spill out War don't pay, but meter runs Thunder run on midnight shift Wheels turn deep in trench-mud ruts Helmet sits where soldier fell Driver lights a cigarette Thunder run on midnight shift Hope flares bright in exhaust smoke Radio crackles, dispatcher calls Pickup at the factory gate Rat-tails scatter in headlight beams Boots leave prints on vinyl seats Meter clicks a steady rhythm Death don't ride for free tonight Thunder run on midnight shift Wheels turn deep in trench-mud ruts Helmet sits where soldier fell Driver lights a cigarette Thunder run on midnight shift Hope flares bright in exhaust smoke Coffee thermos steams beside Map folded wrong for fifteen years He drove the generals in '42 Now drives the refugees and wounded Engine coughs, transmission whines Still the wheels keep turning round Thunder run on midnight shift Wheels turn deep in trench-mud ruts Helmet sits where soldier fell Driver lights a cigarette Thunder run on midnight shift Hope flares bright in exhaust smoke Dawn breaks gray through smog and ash Fare collected, receipt torn off Helmet's gone — someone claimed the steel Mud washed clean by morning rain Taxi pulls to garage doors Another shift, another war Steering wheel wears smooth as bone Pedals bent from thousand stomps He don't ask where the thunder comes Just drives the line the meter shows Stubborn as the engine's heart Hope ain't pretty — hope persists Keys hang on the pegboard hook Logbook closed with rubber band Artillery still booms out east But taxi rests in quiet bay Driver walks home through waking streets Whistling low a marching tune Thunder run on midnight shift Wheels turn deep in trench-mud ruts Helmet sits where soldier fell Driver lights a cigarette Thunder run on midnight shift Hope flares bright in exhaust smoke Thunder run — the meter stops Thunder run — the dawn breaks through Engine cools in morning light Another run waits for the night

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