Rider on the County Road
A road song built around the technician who checks every monitor and sterilizer at 3 a.m. and never meets the patient it was for.
The stories behind Rider on the County Road
- Rider on the County Road and the Graveyard Shift Nobody Sees — A road song built around the technician who checks every monitor and sterilizer at 3 a.m. and never meets the patient it was for.
Lyrics
I'm toolbox heavy in the back of the truck
Riding down the highway, not relying on luck
From St. Jude's over to Valley General
Checking every monitor, digital and analog
Sterilizers humming, the telemetry is fine Calibration checked on every single line
Got a multimeter and a heart full of drive Making sure the machinery keeps the scene alive
He's the biomed rider on the county road Carrying the weight of a heavy load
From room to room through the fluorescent light Keeping every pulse monitor running bright
When the seconds count and the alarms start to ring
He made sure the gear can do its thing
Yeah, the life-saving wires are ready to go
With the steady hands of the Biomed Pro
Swapping out the battery on a pump in ICU
Testing out the sensors till the blue light's cleared through
Defibrillator charge, patch cables tight
He works through the shadows of the graveyard night
A silent guardian behind the sterile doors
Moving past the lobby to the upper floors
Never meets the patients, but he knows what it means
When a life hangs in balance on his clean machines
He's a bio-med rider on the county road
Carrying the weight of a heavy load
From room to room through the fluorescent light
Keeping every pulse monitor running bright
When the seconds count and the alarms start to ring
He made sure the gear can do its thing
Yeah, the life-saving wires are ready to go
With the steady hands of the Biomed Pro
City to city, county to coast
Ready when the doctors need the gear the most
Wrenches and schematics, a quiet, steady trade
Building up the safety net that quiet hands make
He's a bio-med rider on the county road
Carrying the weight of a heavy load
From room to room through the fluorescent light
Keeping every pulse monitor running bright
When the seconds count and the alarms start to ring
He made sure the gear can do its thing
Yeah, the life-saving wires are ready to go
With the steady hands of the Biomed Pro
Tail lights fading in the morning haze
On to the next hospital for another day's phase
Ready when they need it most
Biomed Rider, ghost to ghost
