[Verse 1] The shutters came down early On a half-forgotten row Someone left the jukebox Humming in the glow There’s a van behind the old place With the engine ticking low And a voice above the alley Singing what it knows [Chorus] The lights are still on Down the back of the street There’s a pulse keeping tempo There’s a heart in the beat [Verse 2] They wrote us off by midnight Put the chairs up on the bar But someone kept a rhythm On the backseat of a car There’s a name still on the guest list And no one here asked why And a boy who swears the future Still owes him half a sky [Chorus] The lights are still on Down the back of the street There’s a pulse keeping tempo There’s a heart in the beat [Middle 8] The amp is in the stairwell The tape is wearing thin But every time it crackles Something starts again [Final Chorus] The lights are still on Down the back of the street There’s a pulse keeping tempo There’s a heart in the beat The lights are still on Where the dark runs deep There’s a pulse keeping tempo And it’s carrying me There’s a heart in the beat There’s a heart in the beat There’s a heart in the beat Still beating
