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Cabbie

A tribute to a late-night cab driver who offers kindness during difficult times.

friendshipgriefcompassionnightbittersweet

Verse 1

He's a late-night boy

Working on the graveyard shift a year or more

He picks me up, oh the sound of the doorbell

I know I'm heading straight up for hell

But at least I'm not driving

Chorus

He's only, the cabbie he's just the cab man

Verse 2

Most people when I'm in this state, they get irate

And they find me offensive

But not the cabman, he's a real gentleman

He shores up my defenses

Verse 3

I lay my head upon his shoulder

He says, girl, you're not getting any older

He was there when my mother died

He drove me up to Windy Hill

Where he let me cry

Verse 4

He drove me all around the town

Where I got systematically blown down

He took me in the night careful and quiet

Driving alone at night, not even wanted

Sandy Hutchinson