Neon Flickers at the Sandstone Motor Inn

Lyrics

Pulled in past midnight, the desert gone blue
One sign in the window says room for a few
The key has a tag with a number worn thin
The night clerk is humming, he lets me right in

There's a pool with no water, a moon in the dust
A vending machine with a hum and a rust
I sit on the step with my boots in the sand
And the whole sleeping valley is held in one hand

Neon flickers, neon flickers low
Tell the lonesome highway where to go
One small light in a whole wide night
Says you can rest now, it's alright
Neon flickers at the Sandstone Motor Inn
Rest your road-tired heart and begin again

The ice machine rattles a slow lullaby
A coyote is singing to the half-open sky
I've carried my worries for eight hundred miles
Tonight they can sleep here and I'll sleep a while

Neon flickers, neon flickers low
Tell the lonesome highway where to go
One small light in a whole wide night
Says you can rest now, it's alright
Neon flickers at the Sandstone Motor Inn
Rest your road-tired heart and begin again

Morning will come with its gold and its glare
And the road will be waiting right there
But for now, for now, the curtains are drawn
And the light keeps on burning till dawn

Neon flickers, neon flickers low
Tell the lonesome highway where to go
One small light in a whole wide night
Says you can rest now, it's alright
Neon flickers at the Sandstone Motor Inn
Rest your road-tired heart and begin again

Neon flickers, neon flickers low
Rest your heart and let it go