MARTA SORT

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a breaching ram booms, a radio squelches, boots fall into step; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the boots and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Down in the tunnels where the trains run black,
the badges riding on the midnight track;
the SORT team moving where the danger hides,
guarding the gauge where the city rides.

[Chorus]
SORT, SORT, boots and shield,
the transit guardians never yield;
boom goes the ram and the radio cracks,
the steady blue line on the iron tracks.

[Verse 2]
Breeze through the gates and the cameras hum,
the K-9 nose and the steady drum;
nobody sees them till the moment's tight,
MARTA's own keeping the platform right.

[Chorus]
SORT, SORT, boots and shield,
the transit guardians never yield;
boom goes the ram and the radio cracks,
the steady blue line on the iron tracks.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the ram rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]