Smoke, Whiskey, And The Night

Barstool's feelin' heavy and the neon's burnin' low
The jukebox hums a slow tune only broken men would know
Ashtray full of silence glass half full of lies
And I keep toastin' shadows while the blues fill up the skies

There's lipstick on the bottle but she's long since gone
Just me and the bartender and this half-forgotten song
The smoke curls like a question I never learned to fight
And I drown the ache in rhythm smoke whiskey and the night

Smoke whiskey and the night
My only friends that treat me right
She left me with nothin' but a tab and a scar
Now I bleed slow chords in a backroom bar
I don't want salvation don't need the light
Just give me smoke whiskey and the night

The bar clock lost its numbers time don't mean a thing
My guitar's cryin' verses with a busted B-string
The mirror won't look at me the man there ain't too bright
But he knows his way around smoke whiskey and the night

Some folks find their truth in a chapel's quiet grace
I find mine in bottle glass and a stranger's empty face
Don't preach me resurrection I already lost that fight
I just lean into the darkness with smoke whiskey and the night

Smoke whiskey and the night
They don't judge and they don't bite
She left with the morning I stayed with the pain
Pour me another till I feel sane
No heaven for a soul this tight
Just the blues and smoke whiskey and the night