Last of the Neon Lullabies (Version 2)

Verse

Sixty years on Main Street, one old neon sign

Still flickers in the dark where my grandfather used to climb

Bare feet on the sidewalk, hands full of tobacco smoke

He'd tell me stories of the past when this town was home

I'm fifty now myself and the engine's losing steam

Grandfather's gone but I still drive through these streets to dream

Same four lanes, same old diner, same worn brick wall

But something in my chest keeps telling me that I don't need it all

Pre-Chorus

Do you remember when the city lights turned gold?

When the sun dipped into the alley and our hearts never folded?

Can you feel the engine sputter and still we won't let go?

Is this how we're gonna save ourselves from growing old?

Chorus

Last of the neon lullabies, humming in my chest

I'm chasing down the ghost that I thought was gone at best

Same four lanes, same worn brick wall

Still driving through these streets until it's time for me to fall

Neon lights keep burning low where the sun comes up tomorrow

Verse

My father sat beside him on the hood of his old Ford

He said 'You're gonna leave one day and you won't come back anymore

But I didn't listen then, I thought he was wrong, it's true

I wanted more than this small town and what my heart already knew

Now every streetlamp is a name that used to shine

Every window holds a ghost who still lives on in mine

The diner's the same but the coffee tastes like ash today

And for the life of me I don't know where I'm going, not yet, okay

Pre-Chorus

Do you remember when the city lights turned gold?

When the sun dipped into the alley and our hearts never folded?

Can you feel the engine sputter and still we won't let go?

Is this how we're gonna save ourselves from growing old?

Chorus

Last of the neon lullabies, humming in my chest

I'm chasing down the ghost that I thought was gone at best

Same four lanes, same worn brick wall

Still driving through these streets until it's time for me to fall

Neon lights keep burning low where the sun comes up tomorrow

Bridge

Not everyone gets a second chance

To burn their own light on a borrowed dance

So I'm gonna drive this road till the stars run out of steam

Cause that's all I've got left and it still feels like home

Chorus

Last of the neon lullabies, humming in my chest

I'm chasing down the ghost that I thought was gone at best

Same four lanes, same worn brick wall

Still driving through these streets until it's time for me to fall

Neon lights keep burning low where the sun comes up tomorrow

Outro

Last of the neon lullabies... falling away...