Last Call Redemption

Bartender wiped down my last mistake
Glass half full of the hearts I break
Told myself I'd change next week
But I said that line on every street

Truth's in the mirror behind that gin
A thousand ghosts where I should have been
Redemption don't come loud or clean
It slips in quiet when you come apart at the seams

Last call redemption, I'm pouring slow
A shot for the lies and the love I owe
I ain't good, but I ain't all bad
Just a man with regrets and a faded flag
Yeah, last call redemption
Comes and whispers after the noise is left

She left in boots I bought in June
Left her ring in a patsy tune
Said I love you, but you love pain
And I wore that line like a bloodstained chain
The jukebox played a gospel track
And I knew damn well I couldn't take it back
So I paid my tab with a crooked vow
To rise up tomorrow somehow

Last call redemption, flickering light
Bleeding grace in a neon night
Might not make it to heavens gate
But I learned the right to be too late
Yeah, let's call redemption
Where the broken don't need to fade

If guy drinks coffee, I'll meet him at dawn
Till my try, even when I was gone
We all need mercy, some just hide
Mine was waiting in the glass by my side

Last call redemption
This time
I ain't running