Brass chain caught on splintered pine
Watch face stuck on porch design
Mosquito hums through Spanish moss
Driver counts the heavy cost
Fare paid out in sweat and grime
Minutes bleed on parish time
Watch hangs crooked on the rail
Dusk paints water copper pale
Time holds breath in cypress knees
Driver rides the evening breeze
Gator slides through black water glass
Cypress knees like bones in grass
Harmonica breathes low and deep
Promises the driver keeps
Headlights cut the turning bend
Night absorbs the journey's end
Watch hangs crooked on the rail
Dusk paints water copper pale
Time holds breath in cypress knees
Driver rides the evening breeze
Watch face catches final gold
Stories etched in metal cold
Taxi rests on gravel shore
Engine coughs a little more
Meter dark and flag pulled down
Quietest ride in this town
Watch hangs crooked on the rail
Dusk paints water copper pale
Time holds breath in cypress knees
Driver rides the evening breeze
Harmonica sighs through screen door gaps
Pedal steel weeps through cypress traps
No meter runs on water's clock
Driver leaves the watch unlocked
Brass grows warm from fading heat
Wood remembers hands and feet
Bayou sings a lullaby
Stars wake up in velvet sky
Driver walks the porch steps slow
Pockets heavy light to go
Watch hangs crooked on the rail
Dusk paints water copper pale
Time holds breath in cypress knees
Driver rides the evening breeze
Brass at dusk keeps silent vigil
Bayou takes what time makes mortal