Maple belly cold on concrete slate
Last train sighs and pulls away
Horse hair waits for morning weight
Counting shoes on tiled gray
Silent in the station slate
I am wood and wire singing low
Counting footsteps slow and deep
Steel strings hold the songs I know
Promises the city keeps
Wood and wire singing low
Case latch clicks at quarter past
Fluorescent flicker starts to fade
Rosin dust on velvet cast
Night climbs the escalator grade
Quiet clicks the quarter past
Rubber soles tap out the beat
Business heels and worn out boots
Rhythm rising from the street
Buried in the subway roots
Walking on the concrete beat
I am wood and wire singing low
Counting footsteps slow and deep
Steel strings hold the songs I know
Promises the city keeps
Wood and wire singing low
Sound post stands like a chapel spine
Holding up the arched belief
Every scratch a holy line
Carved by grief and brief relief
Dawn arrives on silver rails
Commuters rush with coffee steam
Bow kisses where the varnish fails
Waking up the wooden dream
Morning breaks on silver rails
I am wood and wire singing low
Counting footsteps slow and deep
Steel strings hold the songs I know
Promises the city keeps
Wood and wire singing low
Wood and wire sleeping now
Till the next train shakes the ground