Track Insight / Lyrics
Headlights cut the misty veil
Tires hiss on wet wooden planks
You lift the gate, you tell the tale
Of dollars dropped in rusted banks
Storm lights flicker, generators cough
Logbook damp with smudged ink
You've heard the thunder, felt the scoff
Of bridges bending but won't shrink
Toll booth storm, you hum the line
Coins flash silver in your palm
Lightning writes in jagged sign
Thunder beats a steady calm
Toll booth storm, the night is warm
Pickup trucks and sedan cars
Each pays the price to cross the span
You know the rhythm, know the stars
That wheel above the river's plan
Rain drums hard on porch roof tin
Your whistle matches wind's low moan
The current pulls, the tide comes in
But you remain on solid stone
Toll booth storm, you hum the line
Coins flash silver in your palm
Lightning writes in jagged sign
Thunder beats a steady calm
Toll booth storm, the night is warm
Old radio spits static noise
A baseball game from ninety-nine
You grin at ghosts of girls and boys
Who swam beneath the bridge line
Quarter dropped, a nod, a wave
The gate arm rises, slow and sweet
You're keeper of the debt they gave
Where water runs and energies meet
Toll booth storm, you hum the line
Coins flash silver in your palm
Lightning writes in jagged sign
Thunder beats a steady calm
Toll booth storm, the night is warm
Dawn will break the purple sky
The storm will bleed to pale gray light
But you'll stay put, you'll testify
To every soul who crossed tonight
Logbook closed, the pencil stub
Rests quiet on the splintered wood
You've done your part, you've paid the club
Of keepers who have always stood
Toll booth storm, you hum the line
Coins flash silver in your palm
Lightning writes in jagged sign
Thunder beats a steady calm
Toll booth storm, the night is warm
Toll booth storm, you ride the calm
Last coin drops in morning hush
Bridge holds firm beneath the blush
