Lady In Noir

[Verse 1]
Black hat
Low brim
Cigarette
Red rim
She walks past the jukebox slow
Says my name
I feel it in my bones
[Chorus]
Lady in noir
In the doorway (hey)
Smell of trouble on your coat
You drag the dark behind you
Like a long black riverboat
Lady in noir
In the doorway
I can't tell if you're alive
Or just a memory
Come back for my hide
[Verse 2]
Bare bulbs buzz
Clock stuck at two
Your heels tap patterns
Like they already knew
You smile that sideways
Empty as a well
Whisper you remember me
From some forgotten motel
[Chorus]
Lady in noir
In the doorway (oh)
Smell of trouble on your coat
You drag the dark behind you
Like a long black riverboat
Lady in noir
In the doorway
I can't tell if you're alive
Or just a memory
Come back for my hide
[Bridge]
You leave no tracks in the dust
No stain on the glass
I blink and you're gone
But your shadow still laughs (hah)
[Chorus]
Lady in noir
In the doorway
Smell of trouble on your coat
You drag the dark behind you
Like a long black riverboat
Lady in noir
In the doorway
If you want my soul
Just say
'Cause I've been dying slowly
Since you walked away

Raw delta blues trio recorded live on a creaking porch; male vocals with a torn, haunted edge. Bone-dry slide guitar snakes around a thudding kick and rattling snare. Verses stay hushed and eerie, with close-mic breaths; chorus swells as the band leans in, stomps louder, and backing moans circle the lead. Reverb is smoky and short, like a small barroom at closing time., blues, delta blues