[Verse 1]
Midnight oil is burning down to the brass
Shadows stretching on the broken-down glass
Porch light humming like a dying fly
Two pair of eyes fixed on a painted sky
[Chorus]
Oh, the moonlight blues, heavy on the tongue
Songs of the broken that never get sung
Chasing that ghost till the rooster crows
Where the white smoke drifts, nobody knows
[Verse 2]
Rusted screen door rattling in the draft
Laughing at a joke that nobody laughed
Fingers twitching to a private tune
Howling at the corners of a hollow moon
[Chorus]
Oh, the moonlight blues, heavy on the tongue
Songs of the broken that never get sung
Chasing that ghost till the rooster crows
Where the white smoke drifts, nobody knows
[Bridge]
Tires on the gravel half a mile away
Heart like a hammer on an anvil of clay
Just another second, just another breath
Dancing on the edge of a little bitty death
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Fading out slow in the cold grey dawn
Another night gone, another dollar pawn
Just the blues and the ash
And the midnight cash
Yeah...
[Fade Out]