Track 3 of the album Diesel Hymns · 2008
Dust on the Jukebox
“Every roadhouse I ever stopped in had a jukebox gathering dust after last call. I wanted the song to sound like that empty room.”
country · honky-tonk · outlaw country · 4:48
Lyrics
Last call came an hour ago Nobody here to hear it Neon sign's got half its glow Bartender's cleaning up the spirit Thirty years of Friday nights Soaked into the floorboards Now the owner's selling out the lights And the stools to the highest bidder There's dust on the jukebox But she still knows how to play Drop a quarter in the slot And the whole room slips away There's dust on the jukebox And I'm dancing with a ghost To the songs we used to love When we needed them the most Pool table's got a crooked leg Nobody ever fixed it Names carved in the corner booth Hearts that never quit it Old Roy's stool is empty now Nobody dares to take it We'll all hold up a glass tonight For the man who used to make it There's dust on the jukebox But she still knows how to play Drop a quarter in the slot And the whole room slips away There's dust on the jukebox And I'm dancing with a ghost To the songs we used to love When we needed them the most So pour one more for the road, friend Leave the change upon the bar Every town has a place like this Where we learned who we are Lock the door and kill the sign Shake the bartender's hand He says come back sometime But we both understand There's dust on the jukebox But she still knows how to play Drop a quarter in the slot And the whole room slips away There's dust on the jukebox And I'm dancing with a ghost To the songs we used to love When we needed them the most One more song, one more song Then we'll all go home