[Intro — sparse, echoing acoustic guitar and a low, shimmering Telecaster pulse] [Verse 1] You called me a ghost at 7:10 Sitting three stools down like I’ve always been Gray wool coat and a paper half-read Just a trick of the light in the things left unsaid You poured out your story, thought I wouldn't look twice Surprised to find out that you rolled loaded dice Now my kitchen smells like coffee and I don’t even drink Just a phantom leaning back against the chrome kitchen sink [Chorus] So keep pouring your cups for a man who’s not there Keep seeing my truck when the road is all bare You wanted a mystery, a shroud and a myth Well, let's see what a creative disrupter plays with Yeah, the coffee was hot, but the silence is louder When a ghost starts writing on the edge of the counter [Verse 2] Seventeen years and three state lines past Since a door slammed shut and a die was cast You thought you could leave me locked in the past With an empty stool and a shadow that didn't last Mabel can blink and Earl can turn slow Saying my seat never held anyone you know But you wrote those blue lines right down in the ink Saying I came back quicker than you'd care to think [Bridge — drums drop out, ambient organ wash] You say stay away from the coffee? Too late, I’m already poured in the cup You set the whole trap, now you've got to look up From the driver’s side window, out in the dark No tracks in the gravel, no sound, no spark— Just a whisper right there when you turn around cold: I never told you the name of the ghost you sold. [Guitar / Fiddle Break — tense, building distortion] [Final Chorus — fuller, driving cinematic rhythm] So keep pouring your cups for a man who’s not there Keep seeing my truck when the road is all bare You wanted a mystery, a shroud and a myth Well, let's see what a creative disrupter plays with Yeah, the coffee was hot, but the silence is louder When a ghost starts writing on the edge of the counter [Outro — acoustic fade, single electric guitar note trailing off] BOO. See you Tuesday. Same stool. Same time.
