Track Insight / Lyrics
I crouch low behind the mesquite
Yellow cab sits idling quiet
Driver's hands rest on the wheel
Twilight paints the dashboard steel
Yellow cab on gravel drive
Old man waits for no one alive
Engine hums a lullaby
Stars blink down from desert sky
Checkered cap pulled low and worn
Cigarettes ash on uniform
Thirty years he's held this post
Counting miles like Holy Ghost
Yellow cab on gravel drive
Old man waits for no one alive
Engine hums a lullaby
Stars blink down from desert sky
My lens catches creased face lines
Map of roads and border signs
He don't move, don't check his phone
Just waits for a fare unknown
Headlights sweep the mesquite trees
No passenger, no fare, no keys
Just the wait and the weight of night
Gravel crunching, no headlights
Moon rises cold and bone white
Cab glows soft in sodium light
Driver's eyes scan horizon far
Like a keeper of the star
Yellow cab on gravel drive
Old man waits for no one alive
Engine hums a lullaby
Stars blink down from desert sky
Dawn bleeds pink across the sand
Keys turn over in his hand
He drives off with empty seat
My film holds the vigil complete
Yellow cab on gravel drive
Old man waits for no one alive
Engine hums a lullaby
Stars blink down from desert sky
Shutter clicks, the moment gone
Yellow cab rolls on
