Track 4 of the album Second Wind Motel · 2012
Last Song of the Night
“The chairs go up on the tables and the neon drops to a hum, and that's the best part of any bar. I wrote it as a goodnight to whoever's left.”
slow rock · late-night ballad · hymn rock · 4:16
Lyrics
Chairs are up on the tables now The neon's down to a hum The bartender's counting her tips again Waiting on the last one to come I've played this room for twenty years For a handful and a hound But the ones still here at closing time Are the ones who stick around So one more, just one more Before we lock the door This is the last song of the night Hold your someone, dim the light Whatever you carried in here Set it down, you're all right Sing it low, sing it slow Let the long day go This is the last song of the night And you don't have to go home alone There's a trucker in the corner booth Hat pulled down on his eyes A couple dancing in the middle Like they've got no goodbyes An old man humming harmony To a tune he's never heard Funny how a room of strangers Can become one word So one more, just one more Before we lock the door This is the last song of the night Hold your someone, dim the light Whatever you carried in here Set it down, you're all right Sing it low, sing it slow Let the long day go This is the last song of the night And you don't have to go home alone Tomorrow's got its own long road Its own cold coffee, its own load But right now the room is warm And the dark is holding still Leave a light on by the stage For whoever's out there still This is the last song of the night Hold your someone, dim the light Whatever you carried in here Set it down, you're all right Sing it low, sing it slow Let the long day go This is the last song of the night And the light stays on tonight Last song of the night The light stays on tonight