Neon Saint

[Verse 1 - soft storytelling] Friday night at the county line bar rain beat down on a gravel lot Tommy Ray was three drinks in talking like he’d never get caught White mark where the ring had been truck parked out in the back red-dress girl in the corner booth kept asking when he had to get back [Chorus - big country-rock anthem] She’s a neon saint with a sinner’s view pouring out mercy in a glass of ninety proof behind the bar, Grace sees it all keeps every secret till the last call falls She knows who’s lying, she knows who’s gone who came in clean and who done wrong Grace don’t judge, she just carries on she’s a neon saint from dusk till dawn [Verse 2 - soft storytelling] Front door swung at a quarter to ten and the whole room lost its sound Mary walked in with her coat pulled tight and every head turned around She didn’t scream, didn’t throw no glass didn’t ask him where he’d been laid her ring by his whiskey glass said, “You can ride home with her then” [Chorus - big country-rock anthem] She’s a neon saint with a sinner’s view pouring out mercy in a glass of ninety proof behind the bar, Grace sees it all keeps every secret till the last call falls She knows who’s lying, she knows who’s gone who came in clean and who done wrong Grace don’t judge, she just carries on she’s a neon saint from dusk till dawn [Bridge - stripped down tension] Tommy reached like a man going under Mary smiled like she’d cut him free red-dress girl slipped out the side door and left him with the empty seat Grace wiped the bar where the ring had been while the whole place held its breath some stories don’t need telling twice when the silence says the rest [Final Chorus - bigger anthem] She’s a neon saint with a sinner’s view pouring out mercy in a glass of ninety proof behind the bar, Grace sees it all keeps every secret till the last call falls She knows who’s lying, she knows who’s gone who came in clean and who done wrong Grace don’t judge, she just carries on she’s a neon saint from dusk till dawn