New Boy in Town

[Intro] A moving van A strip that never blinks [Verse 1] He rolled in with his brother And a mother running thin Boardwalk neon on the windows Salt and sugar on the wind Local boys in leather jackets Laughing like they owned the tide They said the nights here last forever If you learn who not to fight [Pre-Chorus] Come down after sundown Leave the old rules on the shelf Everybody wants a family Till they have to be it themselves [Chorus] New boy in town The pier already knows his name New boy in town The pack is circling the game Don’t sleep through the carnival Don’t trust a charming grin New boy in town That’s how the night gets in [Verse 2] They took him where the music sweats A horn crying on the boards A feast that looked like laughter Poured dark as unsaid words He almost drank what they were pouring He almost wore their shade Then morning hit the water And the hunger looked afraid [Pre-Chorus] Come down after sundown Leave the old rules on the shelf Everybody wants a family Till they have to be it themselves [Chorus] New boy in town The pier already knows his name New boy in town The pack is circling the game Don’t sleep through the carnival Don’t trust a charming grin New boy in town That’s how the night gets in [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] An old man talking garlic A mother counting beds A brother on the edge of saying yes A dawn that still shows up instead [Final Chorus] New boy in town The pier already knows his name New boy in town The pack is circling the game New boy in town That family has a price New boy in town Don’t finish what they poured tonight [Outro] A moving van Leave the windows open to the light