Stutterstep Corridor

Chalk-chalk-chalk-chalk Board, board, board

The porter wrote each stop by hand Wrote it,

wiped it, wrote again Ten past,

ten past, ten past nine

Fingers white, the platform's long Wrote it,

wiped it, wrote again

Call it out, call it out Call it out the window

Guard leans out, calls the stop And the board just knows Call

it, call it, call it out Stop,

stop, stop, stop

And the board just knows

Some trains sing at every bridge

Some trains only hum

So the chalk stays in the pocket

For the ones that never call

Pocket, pocket, chalk, chalk

Fewer signs upon the wall Fewer bells to ring

If the guard is calling anyway Don't shout the same thing twice

Twice, twice, twice

Call

it out, call it out Call it out the window

Guard leans out, calls the stop And the board just knows Stop,

stop,

stop,

stop

And the board just

knows

You don't find the platform by pacing it

You

find it by standing still And

listening for what the rails already say

Guard calls out, board knows Chalk in the pocket,

let it go

Chalk-chalk-chalk Board,

board, board Still,

still, still