Tongue of the Night

Title: “Tongue of the Night” Verse 1 I saw you slidin’ through the blue motel haze With a slow wet smile and a hellfire gaze Black dress clingin’ like a secret sin And a wicked little promise underneath your skin Boots on the floor make a sinner’s sound Like a spell gettin’ cast when you come around And the room got thick, and the lights hung low Like the whole damned bar knew where this would go Pre-Chorus You move like smoke when the bottle tips Got red on your nails and truth on your lips I don’t want clean, I don’t want kind I want your midnight hands and your reckless mind Chorus Come on and drag me through the Texas heat Put your velvet mouth where the wild things meet Slow like honey, sharp like a knife Love me like a liar for the rest of the night I want your hips in rhythm, your breath on beat Your teeth on trouble and your hands on me Girl, I ain’t lookin’ for a halo above I’m lookin’ for a bad little baptism of love Verse 2 You leaned in close, said, “boy, don’t speak” Ran your finger down my throat to the edge of weak You taste like danger and southern rain Like a backseat prayer with a switchblade vein Your laugh cuts loose like a dress undone Like a preacher gone mad in the midnight sun And the organ cried while the drums rolled deep Like the devil himself got pulled from sleep Pre-Chorus You got that slow-burn drawl and a gasoline grin A body built to let the bad thoughts in No heaven tonight, no stars above Just skin, sweat, sin, and a fistful of love Chorus Come on and drag me through the Texas heat Put your velvet mouth where the wild things meet Slow like honey, sharp like a knife Love me like a liar for the rest of the night I want your hips in rhythm, your breath on beat Your teeth on trouble and your hands on me Girl, I ain’t lookin’ for a halo above I’m lookin’ for a bad little baptism of love Bridge Make the room spin, make the window shake Make my good sense drown in the moves you make Pull me down deep where the blue lights swim Where the saints backslide and the edges dim You can scratch your name in the sweat on my chest Leave me half-ruined and call that blessed I don’t need forever, I don’t need trust Just one long night of dangerous lust Spoken / Organ Break Come here… Closer than trouble Closer than truth Let the night crawl over us Let the dark slip loose No names No past No morning prayer Just your breath… And that Texas air Final Chorus So drag me through the Texas heat Put your velvet mouth where the wild things meet Slow like honey, sharp like a knife Love me like a liar for the rest of the night I want your hips in rhythm, your breath on beat Your teeth on trouble and your hands on me No, I ain’t lookin’ for a halo above I’m lookin’ for a bad little baptism of love Outro Yeah, the moon hung dirty and the night ran red You left your perfume in my motel bed And I still taste smoke where your kiss began Like sin made a woman and called my hand