Track 2 of the album Mile Marker Zero · 2016
Closing Time at the Noodle Stall
“I got off a long haul starving and found a hawker centre where tired people sat shoulder to shoulder. Different country, same kind of welcome.”
rock ballad · rock ballad · travelogue · 4:29
Lyrics
I got off the long haul with a hunger in my chest Found a little hawker centre where the weary come to rest The old man at the noodle stall was scraping down the grill He said, sit down, stranger, there's a bowl for you still Closing time at the noodle stall Steam on the window, a little light for all Nobody asks where you've been, nobody asks you why Just a hot bowl and a kind word and a patch of open sky Closing time at the noodle stall There's room for one more, there's room for us all He told me he's been standing here for thirty years or more Same pot, same stool, same battered kitchen door His daughter does the sums at the table at the back And the whole world's gone to bed but they're still on the track Closing time at the noodle stall Steam on the window, a little light for all Nobody asks where you've been, nobody asks you why Just a hot bowl and a kind word and a patch of open sky Closing time at the noodle stall There's room for one more, there's room for us all I've been a lot of places, slept in a lot of cabs Eaten a lot of silence off a lot of paper tabs But I never tasted welcome like I tasted here tonight Under the tin roof and a flickering light He wiped the counter clean and he turned the sign around I stepped back out in the quiet of the sleeping town The road was waiting patient and the sky was turning grey But I carried a little warmth to light the way Closing time at the noodle stall Steam on the window, a little light for all Nobody asks where you've been, nobody asks you why Just a hot bowl and a kind word and a patch of open sky Closing time at the noodle stall There's room for one more, there's room for us all Closing time at the noodle stall There's room for one more There's room for us all