Track 5 of the album Streetlight Hours · 2018
Neon Open Twenty-Four Hours
by Veda Monroe
“A diner sign that never turns off, and a heart that won't either. Warm and a little lonely.”
r&b · neo-soul · late-night r&b · 3:09
Lyrics
Neon on the window says we never close Red and blue reflections on my fingertips and toes I came in for a coffee, but I stayed for the glow Two a.m. and somehow I've got nowhere else to go And you, across the counter Pouring slow Neon open, twenty-four hours Keep the light on, keep it ours Half the city's sleeping, half is wide awake Neon open, for goodness' sake Cashier hums a melody she never finished singing Trucker lifts his cup like he's toasting to the evening Every little stranger has a story in their eyes We're all just passing through beneath these buzzing lights And you, across the counter Pouring slow Neon open, twenty-four hours Keep the light on, keep it ours Half the city's sleeping, half is wide awake Neon open, for goodness' sake Hush now, hush now Let the buzzing do the talking Hush now, hush now Nobody's here but us Neon open, twenty-four hours Keep the light on, keep it ours Half the city's sleeping, half is wide awake Neon open, for goodness' sake Neon open, glowing slow Nowhere else I'd rather go