Ashes in the Ashtray

[Intro: Slow, walking upright bass line with a distant, mournful muted trumpet] [Verse 1: Male Vocal] The jazz club is empty, the chairs are all stacked There's no moving forward, there's no going back I'm staring at the table where we used to sit Watching the final, fading spark of a hit The bartender's wiping the counter down slow He knows that I've got nowhere else left to go [Verse 2: Female Vocal] I left my silk scarf on the back of your chair A ghost of my perfume still hangs in the air I'm walking the damp streets under the streetlights A shadow escaping these terrible nights You’re drinking the whiskey, I’m tasting the rain Two separate bodies, sharing one pain [Pre-Chorus: Both] The smoke slowly rises and hits the ceiling fan We ruined the beautiful things that we began [Chorus: Both] We're just ashes in the ashtray, burning out cold A glamorous story that got way too old We sparked in the darkness, a brilliant display But fire turns to embers, and embers decay Blow out the match, let the darkness descend This is the beautiful, bitter end [Instrumental Interlude: A slow, haunting muted trumpet solo over the smoky jazz beat] [Verse 3: Male Vocal] I brush the grey flakes off the edge of the wood I'd take it all back if I thought that I could [Female Vocal] But darling, the fire has consumed what we were Now everything's just a dark, beautiful blur [Pre-Chorus: Both] The smoke slowly rises and hits the ceiling fan We ruined the beautiful things that we began [Chorus: Both] We're just ashes in the ashtray, burning out cold A glamorous story that got way too old We sparked in the darkness, a brilliant display But fire turns to embers, and embers decay Blow out the match, let the darkness descend This is the beautiful, bitter end [Bridge: Both] [Male Vocal] Just a pile of dust. [Female Vocal] Just a broken trust. [Both] We gave into the sorrow because we must. The music has faded, the trumpet is gone. We cannot survive the light of the dawn. [Outro: Both] Ashes... [Male Vocal]: Drifting away. [Female Vocal]: Nothing left to say. [Both]: Fading to grey. [Fading Outro: Upright bass slowing down to a halt, distant sound of a match striking] [End]