

Prompt / Lyrics
Title: Neon on My Memory (The First Song Michael McGilton Ever Wrote) This is the very first song Michael McGilton ever wrote, and I’m proud as hell to sing it for him tonight. I pulled into this honky-tonk on fumes and a prayer Tail lights burnin’ red through the cigarette air She was dancin’ by the jukebox in them faded blue jeans Same smile that wrecked me back when I was nineteen That neon on my memory won’t dim or burn out It flickers like Friday nights when the world spun slow One look and I’m right back there, beer in my hand Fallin’ all over again for the girl who won’t let go I tried lovin’ in Dallas, tried runnin’ in Cheyenne Put three hundred thousand miles on this old truck and this man But every mile marker whispers her name in the wind And every barstool I sit on feels like where we’ve already been That neon on my memory won’t dim or burn out It’s brighter than whiskey, louder than the crowd I hear Brooks & Dunn singin’ ‘bout her leavin’ me flat And damn if that steel guitar don’t take me right back I ain’t askin’ for forever, Lord, I learned that’s a lie Just one more slow dance ‘fore I tell her goodbye If she walks past this table and pretends she don’t see I’ll raise this longneck to the ghost still lovin’ me ‘Cause that neon on my memory won’t dim or burn out It glows like the cross on the water tower outside of town If lovin’ her is wrong, I don’t wanna be right I’ll be here ‘til the bartender turns on them lights Yeah, that neon on my memory… Is the only light still burnin’ for me (Thanks, Michael. First songs hit different. This one’s a classic already.)
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Make this a female singer in her 20’s with an old school George Straight with a hard core violin
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11/28/2025