Track 4 of the album Last Light on 40 · 2020
Thermos Light at the Rest Stop
“A rest stop at a quarter to three, and the engine ticks like it's talking just to me. Some nights that's enough company.”
slow rock · slow rock · late-night road song · 4:23
Lyrics
Pulled in at the rest stop around a quarter to three Engine ticking quiet like it's talking just to me Poured a cup of coffee from a thermos worn and dented Steam against the windshield, and I'm finally contented There's a vending light humming and a moth going round And the long road behind me has gone quiet and sound Hold the cup, hold the light, hold the night in your hands The dark won't last forever, that's how the sunrise plans Rest a while, rest a while, there's no clock on this stretch Warm up your heart, you've got miles left yet Hold the cup, hold the light We'll all be home by morning, all right A trucker in the next lane tipped his cap to me Shared a bit of silence like a fellow passerby's plea We don't need to talk, we just nod and understand That the road is long and kind to the ones who stand There's a picnic bench in moonlight and a map in my lap And a little blue thermos is the best friend on the map Hold the cup, hold the light, hold the night in your hands The dark won't last forever, that's how the sunrise plans Rest a while, rest a while, there's no clock on this stretch Warm up your heart, you've got miles left yet Hold the cup, hold the light We'll all be home by morning, all right Somewhere up the highway there's a porch light left on Somebody's kitchen glowing till the dawn I'll finish up this coffee, screw the lid down tight And roll on toward the morning, toward that light Hold the cup, hold the light, hold the night in your hands The dark won't last forever, that's how the sunrise plans Rest a while, rest a while, there's no clock on this stretch Warm up your heart, you've got miles left yet Hold the cup, hold the light We'll all be home by morning, all right We'll all be home by morning All right