Dock lights paint his weathered face
Logbook open, steady pace
Ships arrive and ships depart
He counts each pulse of every heart
Meter spins in vacuum hush
Silver coins to cosmic crush
Gravity won't change the rate
Every hull pays at the gate
Void fare collector keeps the line
Midnight shift in starlight shine
Credit chits and isotope
Balance sheets on periscope
Void fare collector keeps the line
Cargo haulers, courier rigs
Pirate scars on carbonigs
He don't ask where they been
Just the tonnage coming in
Meter spins in vacuum hush
Silver coins to cosmic crush
Gravity won't change the rate
Every hull pays at the gate
Void fare collector keeps the line
Midnight shift in starlight shine
Credit chits and isotope
Balance sheets on periscope
Void fare collector keeps the line
Nebula storms don't stop the toll
Rust don't sleep on metal soul
He's seen empires rise and fall
Still the booth outlasts them all
Radar blips like fireflies
Dancing past the airlock seals
He don't dream of solid ground
Just the rhythm of the sound
Chime and stamp and chime again
Midnight shift don't know an end
Void fare collector keeps the line
Midnight shift in starlight shine
Credit chits and isotope
Balance sheets on periscope
Void fare collector keeps the line
Shift relief will float the tube
He'll walk home past Jupiter
Boots still dusty, coat still worn
Another night, another morn
Void fare collector keeps the line
Midnight shift in starlight shine
Credit chits and isotope
Balance sheets on periscope
Void fare collector keeps the line
Void fare collector keeps the line
Gate light blinks green
Another ship comes in
