Dancin In The Blues

In a smokey bar in Toledo,I’m nursing my pain

Whiskey on the table,her ghost in the rain

My cracked ol'cell-phone lights up with a message from the past,every word she sent cuts deeper than the last

She called me Outlaw Romeo,said I played the part Said I wore her down an burned away the flame.She thanked me for the memories the love we couldn’t keep I thanked her for the wounds that cut so deep for the silence for the shame,for dancin.with me in the bluesShe thanked me for carryin all the blame.

Years gone by,the hurt still hangs on my skin

Haunting strings in the dark where the memories begin,I took the low road,she the high

Now I hear her in the silence of this lonesome day

In a smoky bar in Toledo,I drink alone tonight

Haunted by the ghost of us beneath the dim neon light My cracked ol' phone wakes the past with a cold bitter glow

Her name hits like thunder in the rain I already know

She said I was her outlaw,her Romeo in pain

Do you remember when we danced in the blues,the blame rose between us like smoke through the chain

I thanked her for the memories that turned ta dust an flame,for the lesson that left a scar an name

for the heartbreak that taught my soul to stand

I thanked her for the silence that still shakes this outlaw man.

I hear those steel strings crying through the dark an low air

Every barstool holds a memory,every shadow holds a stare

She thanked me for taking the blame,the heartbreak,for the silence an the shame

Now I taste the rust of goodbye when I whisper out her name

Years burned down like matches in a whiskey-colored haze

her words still cut me open in these long an lonesome days

In a smokey bar in Toledo,I nurse my whiskey slow

Haunted by the roads we rode an the love I use ta know,her name cuts through the static on my ol' cracked an tired phone,

Like a ghost with a thank-you note,I read it all alone

She called me Outlaw Romeo,said I played the part,Said I took the blame an left a bullet in her heart

She thanked me for the lessons ,said she learned the hard way

I thanked her for the shadows that still haunt me every day

She Thanked me for the silence when there was nothing left to say

In this dark country haze,I keep on fading away.

Years have piled like dust on every fence an broken rail,Still the nights come down like judgment with a cold an iron tale

She thanked me for the silence,for the wreckage I let grow,the outlaw in my chest is paying debts I’ll never know She thanked me for the memories,she wrote in lines so Cold i thanked her for the heartbreak that turned my blood to old She said Thank you for the lessons I learned the hard wayI thanked her for the shadows that still haunt me every dayI thanked her for the silence when there was nothing to lose I thanked her for the memories an the love we couldn’t keep

I Thanked her for the wounds that cut so deep thanked her for dancin in the blues with me

She thanked me for settin her free,said thank you for dancin in the blues wth me an finally carrin the blame