Lamplight Blues

Verse 1 Down where the lamplight’s low and gold, Stories drift that never get told, Trumpets hum like a midnight prayer, Lonely hearts in the smoky air. I got a pocket full of yesterday, Dreams that slipped and walked away, Every step on this worn-out floor Echoes love that ain’t no more. Chorus Oh, play it soft, let the blue notes cry, Let ‘em linger like a last goodbye, If love was true, it wouldn’t roam, Now I’m just singing my way back home. Verse 2 He used to hold me close and tight, Dance me slow through the velvet night, Now his shadow’s all I find In the corners of my worried mind. Piano weeps in a minor key, Just like this old heart in me, Every chord tells what I lose, Wrapped up deep in these worn-out blues. Chorus Oh, play it soft, let the blue notes cry, Let ‘em linger like a last goodbye, If love was true, it wouldn’t roam, Now I’m just singing my way back home. Bridge Hear that horn call, long and low, Like a train where the lost souls go, I’d buy a ticket, ride that line, If it could take me back in time. Final Chorus So play it slow till the night is gone, Till the break of a pale new dawn, I’ll keep singing these lonesome tunes, Underneath these faded moons. Outro Yeah… the blues got a way, don’t they… Of staying just a little too long…