One Gate, One Hand

[Intro] [Chorus] Turn the wheel, hold the line Keep the water running through the night Turn the wheel, don't let it fall One gate, one hand, one town on call [Verse 1] The gauge drops hard at quarter past two A red phone rings: “we need pressure through” Main gate cracked where the iron teeth meet I brace both boots on the flooded concrete [Chorus] Turn the wheel, hold the line Keep the water running through the night Turn the wheel, don't let it fall One gate, one hand, one town on call [Verse 2] The supervisor says, “that needle lies” But the hospital's calling from the other side I take the crank with a wrench in my palm Each half-turn answers the alarms [Guitar solo] [Chorus] Turn the wheel, hold the line Keep the water running through the night Turn the wheel, don't let it fall One gate, one hand, one town on call [Outro] The teeth bite shut; the pressure climbs The phones go quiet, one at a time Turn the wheel Hold the line