Taxi Joe

Like clockwork
Like the tick of the clock
Like the hand of time
It is, it is

Predictability
The familiarity of time and place
Perhaps race
It is, it is

Across Brooklyn Bridge
Down Fifth Avenue
Taxi Joe in the traffic
Day in, day out
Lights on, off
In, out
Up at 5am, parked by 12
Always present, that's business
It is, it is

Taxi Joe, he's talking of retiring now
Making vows of resting now
A promise is a promise now
It is, it is

That's Taxi Joe
That's Taxi Joe on Brooklyn Bridge