Wheels scream on cold steel tracks
Rain slicks the peeling black
No schedule left to keep
Just midnight's slow and deep
Dented flank remembers loads
Sack rice on heavy roads
Now hunting through the narrows
Where salaryman shadows
Tokyo drizzle kisses rust
Signs bleed electric blue
I'm a phantom train with no trust
Searching platforms I never knew
Vending machines glow like saints
Hot cans warm frozen paint
I roll past convenience
Where flavor makes no sense
Tokyo drizzle kisses rust
Signs bleed electric blue
I'm a phantom train with no trust
Searching platforms I never knew
Conductor's cap hung on a nail
Timetable burned for heat
The Shinkansen sings a wail
I'm just obsolete
Izakaya lanterns sway
Yakitori smoke turns gray
My couplers freeze in place
No passenger shows face
Dawn cracks the concrete sky
Commuters rushing by
I fade into the wall's gray
Gone before the break of day
Tokyo drizzle kisses rust
Signs bleed electric blue
I'm a phantom train with no trust
Searching platforms I never knew
Rust sleeps where the tracks end
Coffee's cold, my friend
