TOTING HALOS THROUGH THE RAIN (REFAH GREEN)

Intro

Hollow footsteps echo, pavement slick with rain (Oh, yeah)

Midnight hunger rising, drowning out the pain (Mmm, mmm)

Doors locked behind me, no shelter from the cold

My story on the corner, just another tale untold (Tell 'em now)

Verse 0

Woke up with nothing but the chill in my bones

Dreams slipping further, as my heartbeat slows

Another night hungry, pride too thick to beg

I'm chasing all these fantasies while truth pulls my leg (Yeah, yeah)

Friends used to call me, now my phone just stares

Bills stacking higher, hope caught unawares

Sunken on this curb, got questions with no end

If faith still remembers me, will it come back again? (Oh, come back again)

Verse 1

Streetlights flicker, my vision's blurred, can't lie

Heavy on my shoulder, secrets that I can't hide

Hope feels distant, another night with no sound

Lonely in the city, praying just to hold it down

Dreams in a bottle, spilled out on the floor

One hand on the window, watching for a love I can't restore

Guess I'm searching for someone who remembers my name

But silence is the answer, and heartache's all that came (Oh, yeah) (Oh no, no)

Chorus

Hard times in this city, Lord, it's cold outside

Ain't nobody with me, no honey by my side

Used to have love calling, used to hear that ring

Now I walk these midnight streets, and I don't feel a thing

Holdin' onto memories, wishing you'd come through

Empty rooms and empty bottles, still calling out for you

Oh, even the sweetest girls, they ain't on my line no more

Just pain in this chest, can't shake what I'm longing for

Pre-Chorus

Oh, nobody waiting up, nobody left to trust

Just neon halos through the rain, nothing here but us

Gonna let this saxophone cry, let this old soul bleed

All I've got is this hunger, baby, all I've got is need (Yeah, yeah)

Verse 2

Pull up, city shadows falling, trouble in the air

Ain't a lover in my contacts, only silence everywhere

Windows fog from breathing, wishing I was with you still

Used to flood this old apartment with the thrill of how you'd feel

Money can't buy comfort, power can't buy rest

I lay on new leather seats, still the same old emptiness

Hit my knees at sunrise, break down before my pride

Girl, you were my shelter, now I'm stranded outside

Pre-Chorus

Oh, nobody waiting up, nobody left to trust

Just neon halos through the rain, nothing here but us

Gonna let this saxophone cry, let this old soul bleed

All I've got is this hunger, baby, all I've got is need (Mmm, yeah)

Chorus

Hard times in this city, Lord, it's cold outside

Ain't nobody with me, no honey by my side

Used to have love calling, used to hear that ring

Now I walk these midnight streets, and I don't feel a thing

Holdin' onto memories, wishing you'd come through

Empty rooms and empty bottles, still calling out for you

Oh, even the sweetest girls, they ain't on my line no more

Just pain in this chest, can't shake what I'm longing for