Shadow on the Tracks

The moon's cracked like an old glass jar

Streetlight's hum like a broken guitar

A train's whistle howls through the midnight black

I got a shadow on the tracks

Yeah a shadow on the tracks

Shadow on the tracks it won't fade away

Keeps chasing me down like a debt unpaid

I run and I run but it pulls me back

Can't outrun that shadow on the tracks

The wind whispers secrets it don't wanna keep

Like a gambler's hand you know it's running deep

Every step I take feels just like the last

'Cause there's a shadow on the tracks

Yeah a shadow on the tracks

Is it me or the night

Is it fate or just time

Is it dust in my eyes or the dirt in my mind

I can't tell anymore where the road even bends

But that shadow on the tracks ain't making no friends

Shadow on the tracks it won't fade away

Keeps chasing me down like a debt unpaid

I run and I run but it pulls me back

Can't outrun that shadow on the tracks

The whistle fades but the shadow remains

Like a tattoo etched by a ghost in my veins

The blues ride with me and they don't unpack

I'm living with a shadow on the tracks