Honky-Tonk Nebula (3:17 AM)” Verse 1 My pickup truck turned into a comet tonight Tailgate glowing in ultraviolet light Radio static started callin’ my name Said “You been drinkin’ stardust again?” There’s a jukebox floatin’ over the bar Playin’ heartbreak in E-minor from Mars The bartender’s got twelve silver eyes Pours bourbon that hums lullabies Pre-Chorus Moonshine gravity Blue note galaxy Spinnin’ in a rhinestone rain My boots keep walkin’ But the floor’s not talkin’ And my shadow’s missin’ again Chorus I’m two-steppin’ through a meteor shower Cryin’ in a tinfoil sky Steel guitar made of cosmic flower Bend that note ‘til the planets sigh Pour me one more Milky Way Neon cowboys drift away If this ain’t love, then I don’t know Why my heart’s in a UFO ⸻ Verse 2 There’s a saddle floatin’ out past the sun Branded “Lonely” in a language undone My ex-wife’s orbitin’ Jupiter slow Says she always knew I’d go The dance floor melted into blue Smelled like cactus perfume My tears fell upward through the band And bloomed into a tambourine moon Pre-Chorus Starlight whiskey Fiddle too frisky Telepathic tumbleweed Silver spurs are sparkin’ Black hole heartin’ Cosmic chicken-fried need Chorus I’m two-steppin’ through a meteor shower Cryin’ in a tinfoil sky Steel guitar made of cosmic flower Bend that note ‘til the planets sigh Pour me one more Milky Way Neon cowboys drift away If this ain’t love, then I don’t know Why my heart’s in a UFO ⸻ Bridge (Slow, haunted, tremolo guitar) Who left the screen door open to space? There’s Orion dust on my face Saturn’s got a tear in his ring Says, “Boy, you can’t outrun a thing.” But I ain’t runnin’ — I’m glowin’ slow Like a country song in zero-g flow ⸻ Final Chorus (Big harmony, very 1967 but also Nashville somehow) I’m two-steppin’ through eternity’s bar Where the jukebox bleeds pink light If you see me blink from a distant star Just know I’m lonesome tonight Neon angels spin my name In a silver horseshoe flame If heartbreak’s just a shooting star Then darlin’… here we are
