Deep House Song

Verse 1

Found my hat brim-down on the barroom floor

Pockets rattling loose change, same as the night before

Blue smoke curling ’round every tired frame

Bartender’s got my troubles memorized by name

Pre-Chorus

Stale beer on the table, waiting on a sign

Looking for your face in shadows and lines

Chorus

Empty glass in my hand

Just my shadow for company tonight

Broken strings and promises lying on the floor

Since you left me in the neon’s faded light

Verse 2

Smoke dances lazy where you used to sit

Your perfume’s long gone but the memory still clings

I remember every word you never said

Just the snap of the door and the echo it brings

Pre-Chorus

Bartender wipes down my story in a streak

Every sip burns deeper than last week

Chorus

Empty glass in my hand

Just my shadow for company tonight

Broken strings and promises lying on the floor

Since you left me in the neon’s faded light

Guitar Solo

Bridge

I cradle my old guitar like a friend

Play the blues to bring the night to an end

Lights flicker, outside the train’s calling my name

But I ain’t got the ticket, just this heart to reclaim

Chorus

Empty glass in my hand

Just my shadow for company tonight

Broken strings and promises lying on the floor

Since you left me in the neon’s faded light

Outro

Long bend on the strings—let it wail, let it cry

Train whistle on the wind as the night rolls by

Outro Pt. 2

Ashtray’s fillin’ up but my soul’s still clean

Pocket full of nothin’ but a worn-down dream

Barstool creaks in the hush before dawn

I hum the old refrain, try to carry on

Harmonica sighs where your laughter used to fall

Every note a question, won’t you ever call?

Outro Pt. 3

Coffee’s gone cold and my hope’s gone thin

Sun pokes through the bottles stacked on the sill

Another night traded for a memory worn

Still singing the blues, waiting for your return

Harmonica drifts with the promise of rain

Old jukebox humming that lonesome refrain

Outro Pt. 4

Clock on the wall won’t cut me no slack

Streetlamp flickers as I stare out back

Dog barking lonely somewhere down the lane

All I got’s this bar tab and your name in vain

Last drag on the Marlboro, last prayer for the night

Can’t drown your memory, though Lord knows I try

Another slow shuffle, cane tapping the floor

I settle my debts but I’m wanting you more