Neon on the Linoleum

​[Intro - 15 Seconds]
[Acoustic guitar shuffle rhythm, crying pedal steel guitar lead, warm fiddle fill]
​[Verse 1]
Bartender’s wiping down the counter top
Clock on the wall says two AM
I’m sitting right here on a wobbly stool
Trying hard to figure out where I am
Got a pocket full of quarter-dollar coins
And a heart full of heavy lead
Listening to a jukebox spin a sad song
About the things I should’ve said
​[Chorus]
Now there’s neon on the linoleum
Rain pouring down outside
I’m just a lonesome honky-tonk shadow
With nowhere left to hide
Yeah, the steel guitar is weeping low
And the cold beer’s going fast
Sitting here in the yellow glow
Just staring down the past
​[Verse 2]
She took the keys to the pickup truck
Left a ring sitting on the stand
Said she couldn’t spend another night
With a restless, rambling man
Now I’m reading through her final note
Written on a napkin paper white
Every word feels like a bullet hole
In the middle of the Texas night
​[Chorus]
And there’s neon on the linoleum
Rain pouring down outside
I’m just a lonesome honky-tonk shadow
With nowhere left to hide
Yeah, the steel guitar is weeping low
And the cold beer’s going fast
Sitting here in the yellow glow
Just staring down the past
​[Instrumental Break - 20 Seconds]
[Twin fiddles playing twin lead melodies, followed by a classic 90s electric guitar twang solo]
​[Bridge]
Maybe tomorrow I’ll sober up
And drive across the state line track
But tonight I’m just a broken fool
Who knows she ain’t coming back
​[Chorus]
There’s still neon on the linoleum
Rain pouring down outside
I’m just a lonesome honky-tonk shadow
With nowhere left to hide
Yeah, the steel guitar is weeping low
And the cold beer’s going fast
Sitting here in the yellow glow
Just staring down the past
​[Outro]
Yeah, staring down the past...
Just neon on the linoleum...
[Fiddle and pedal steel guitar fade out gradually]