Dive Bar

Ripped vinyl chairs with dull chrome legs
Black ash in little piles off ashtrays
The band on stage seems really bored
Anticipation hangs in smoky air
She can feel his silent stare

Torn fliers taped to the bathroom wall
He's not feeling those drinks at all
Why isn't she coming back?
Confusion hangs in smoky air
He can feel her hateful stare

Guitar feedback rings through the haze
Cheap wine buzz floods her head
Crowds make her feel like she can't stay
Desperation hangs in smoky air
She can feel his lonely stare

Random Things

Charcoal burgers on a cool fall day
He says exactly what you hoped he'd say
Random things make me smile
I wish I could play a while

PBRs on the deck out back
A little shot of Coke in a big glass of Jack
Random things make me smile
I wish I could stay a while

Scratchy vinyl music playing
His smile says that he is staying
Random things that make me smile
I wish I could play a while

Old movies on a stormy night
Dreams imagined by the firelight
Random things make me smile
I wish I could stay awhile

Irene

Thick air wraps her in a warm blanket
Salty raindrops roll down her back
She wipes her arm along her forehead
Her intention lost in his smack

She can't remember anymore who she used to be before
The bourbon numbs her stinging pain, angry words leave bitter stain

The whitewashed back door swings wildly
Paint chips fade with whole lives gone by
Intentions and dreams crash her focus
Heavy brown eyes too tired to cry

She can't remember anymore who she used to be before
The bourbon numbs her stinging pain, angry words leave bitter stain

Over and over her heart skips
And she wrings her palms like wet cloth
She takes a long slow cigarette drag
And dreams of blue ocean gray with froth

She can't remember anymore who she used to be before
The bourbon numbs her stinging pain, angry words leave bitter stain