Honky Tonk Christmas

[Verse 1] Tinsel's taped around the whiskey shelf Jukebox coughin' up a worn-out Bing The bourbon tastes like memory and myself And all the sorry joy the season brings [Chorus] So string the lights on last year's promises And pray to God a few of 'em still glow We're all just orphans in this holiday mess With nowhere warmer left for us to go [Verse 2] The payphone on the wall ain't made a sound Since I put my last quarter in at nine You swore you'd be back from that West Coast run Guess the road is closed on the county line [Chorus] So string the lights on last year's promises And pray to God a few of 'em still glow We're all just orphans in this holiday mess With nowhere warmer left for us to go [Bridge] An old man raises his glass up, his eyes are see-through gray Says, "Here's to all the ghosts that fill the chairs" We drink to what we ain't got, and what we gave away A silent, bittersweet, and bar-room prayer [Chorus] Yeah, string the lights on last year's promises And pray to God a few of 'em still glow We're all just orphans in this holiday mess With nowhere warmer left for us to go [Outro] Hmm, just string the lights... on last year's promises And watch 'em blink... all alone.