Smoke, Whiskey, And The Night lyrics

Barstool's feelin' heavy and the neon's burnin' low The jukebox hums a slow tune only broken men would know Ashtray full of silence glass half full of lies And I keep toastin' shadows while the blues fill up the skies There's lipstick on the bottle but she's long since gone Just me and the bartender and this half-forgotten song The smoke curls like a question I never learned to fight And I drown the ache in rhythm smoke whiskey and the night Smoke whiskey and the night My only friends that treat me right She left me with nothin' but a tab and a scar Now I bleed slow chords in a backroom bar I don't want salvation don't need the light Just give me smoke whiskey and the night The bar clock lost its numbers time don't mean a thing My guitar's cryin' verses with a busted B-string The mirror won't look at me the man there ain't too bright But he knows his way around smoke whiskey and the night Some folks find their truth in a chapel's quiet grace I find mine in bottle glass and a stranger's empty face Don't preach me resurrection I already lost that fight I just lean into the darkness with smoke whiskey and the night Smoke whiskey and the night They don't judge and they don't bite She left with the morning I stayed with the pain Pour me another till I feel sane No heaven for a soul this tight Just the blues and smoke whiskey and the night