[Intro] (Trumpet moans) Low-lit backroom, smoke in my teeth I slip past the front, through the sweet marquee wreath Not another backroom midnight tune… (soft chuckle) Yeah, I know, doll, I brought my own bad hooch gloom. [Verse 1] Got my gums gone soft from the bathtub gin Still I grin, light a gasper, let the poison spin I know the law, know the heat on the street Still I reach for the jug sittin' under my seat [Verse 2] That cut shows when the highball slips How it shines down the glass, how it bites at my lips Why do good nights leave a scar on the skin? What did you want from a blind tiger’s sin? [Pre-Chorus] I heard that hairline crack sing low Felt it slide through my palm in the glow Still I held on in the joint out back To a chipped gin glass gone black [Chorus] Blue flame in the moonshine Held your whole life in the gin I keep tryin’ to freeze one second But the shadows keep slippin’ in How to love you, how to love you Never lands by the copper’s plan Listen close now, my flapper I smash hearts when I reach with both hands [Verse 3] Thought the clock on the wall might stall Stay stuck at midnight while we dance through it all But you kept shiftin' in them fringe-cut rays A new face every backroom haze I can’t bottle up your weather Or chain your laugh with a strand of feather If I turn love to a speakeasy cage I’m the lock, I’m the bootleg rage [Pre-Chorus] I heard that hairline crack sing low Felt it slide through my palm in the glow Still I held on in the joint out back To a chipped gin glass gone black [Chorus] Blue flame in the moonshine Held your whole life in the gin I keep tryin’ to freeze one second But the shadows keep slippin’ in How to love you, how to love you Never lands by the copper’s plan Listen close now, my flapper I smash hearts when I reach with both hands [Outro] (Piano lingers, glasses clink soft) Yeah… (whispered) Every crystal needs a little room in the gloom.
