(Intro — distant harmonica bends, vinyl crackle, slow bass pulse) Mmm… Yeah… 78 on the dash tonight… Smoke hangin’ low… heart beatin’ slow… [Verse 1] Burn holes in the dashboard dreams Cheap motel keys and ripped blue jeans Your lipstick stain still on my cup I swore last week I’d give you up Backroad rain on a rusted sign Two lost souls runnin’ outta time You said forever in a Tennessee drawl Now your voice barely calls at all I got whiskey tears in a paper sack soul Tryna patch up wounds nobody knows Every scar got a story to tell Every goodbye still burns like hell [Pre-Chorus] And the room gets colder when your name comes up I keep pourin’ love in a broken cup Tell me something honest before you leave again [Chorus] Ashtray serenade… Slow burn love that never stayed Say you’re real before the smoke fades Before my whole world drifts away Ashtray serenade… Every kiss tasted bittersweet Your memory still stains these sheets And your goodbye still cuts too deep Say you’re real… Say you’re real… Before the silence swallows me [Verse 2] Old harmonica cry through a cracked car door Heartbeat heavy on a hardwood floor You danced slow underneath barlight gold Like you still believed what we were told Now my phone light dies at 3AM Still readin’ through your messages again Every “I love you” hits different now Like a promise buried underground I hear tires sing on an empty road Lord knows pain got a heavy load I keep your picture tucked in my coat Like it might somehow keep me afloat [Pre-Chorus] And the truth sounds louder after midnight When the whiskey and the hurt collide Tell me something honest before you leave again [Chorus] Ashtray serenade… Slow burn love that never stayed Say you’re real before the smoke fades Before my whole world drifts away Ashtray serenade… Every kiss tasted bittersweet Your memory still stains these sheets And your goodbye still cuts too deep Say you’re real… Say you’re real… Before the silence swallows me [Bridge] (Harmonica overblow wail) I don’t need forever I just need the truth tonight One honest moment One reason left to fight No more empty echoes No more borrowed time If your heart still beats for me Baby… say it now [Final Chorus] Ashtray serenade… Two tired hearts too far away Still chasin’ what we couldn’t save Still drownin’ in the mess we made Ashtray serenade… Your name still lingers in my veins Like southern rain and windowpane Like old blues wrapped in chains Say you’re real… Say you’re real… Before the smoke fades away… [Outro] (Harmonica crying softly) Mmm… Still hear your voice in the late night air… Still waitin’ on somethin’ real… Ashtray serenade…
