Missouri - River City Repair
“River City Repair” follows an overnight technician tracing a tired cable so a ventilator’s warning light finally goes quiet.
The stories behind Missouri - River City Repair
- River City Repair: 2 A.M. in the Service Room — “River City Repair” follows an overnight technician tracing a tired cable so a ventilator’s warning light finally goes quiet.
Lyrics
Kansas City rain keeps tappin' on the fourth floor
Mirror checks the monitor
Eli tests the line
A heartbeat on the screen says, everything is fine
Down by the river,
St. Louis keeps its blue
The infusion pump is blinkin', askin'
what to do
We trace a tired cable,
replace a worn -out part
Then watch the numbers settle like a steady human
heart
We keep the river city runnin' through the
night
Every little signal has to land just
right For the hands in every war,
for the lives we've never seen.
Missouri, we repair the rhythm of reliability.
2 a .m. in the service room rain against the
glass a ventilators warning light refuses
to let us pass pass no grand parade no
headline just a careful pair of hands
tighten every connection till
the quiet understands
from the western swing to the eastern
shore we learn what one loose wire
can be asking for
A nurse calls down
The bedside number's whole
We trade a tired smile beneath the
fluorescent gold
We keep the river city
running through the night
Every little signal has to
land just right For the hands in
every war For the lives we never see
Missouri, we repair the rhythm of reliability
Morning finds the river
right beyond the loading bay
The machines hung cleanly
ready for another day
Missouri in our footsteps
Blue notes in the hallway air
We leave the lights behind us
Knowing someone's safe in there
