Midnight on the Greyhound

[Verse 1] Streetlights scratch the glass like fingernails Towns smear behind us, shadows and dust The seat beside me whispers someone’s name A memory folded into the leather’s crust Fields sway like old dancers, bending slow Under skies too heavy to touch [Pre-Chorus] The tires hum a language I almost know Every passing beam feels like a nod A glance toward a face I can’t reach A moment caught between here and gone [Chorus – Hook] Midnight on the Greyhound Takes me farther than I meant to roam Every mile unwinds me Like rope that’s frayed and worn If somewhere out there you’re listening Through the cold and the quiet gloom Keep a light for a stranger On this road that won’t lead home [Verse 2] An old man taps a rhythm on his cup It rattles like a bell in a forgotten town A girl at the back traces constellations On the foggy glass where dreams settle down Coffee burns like paper on my tongue Three states gone and the air tastes old We’re all just ghosts riding steel Chasing stories we’ve never told [Pre-Chorus] The engine murmurs prayers in its own voice Every heartbeat drifts into wandering hands The road stretches out like a sigh Pulling us past the last familiar lands [Chorus – Hook] Midnight on the Greyhound Takes me farther than I meant to roam Every mile unwinds me Like rope that’s frayed and worn If somewhere out there you’re listening Through the cold and the quiet gloom Keep a light for a stranger On this road that won’t lead home [Bridge – half-time, soaring harmonies] Mercy moves slow beneath the silvered moon Grace is holding on just one more afternoon To see the sun brush another June And the world unfold beneath a quiet tune [Final Chorus – fuller, lush harmonies] Midnight on the Greyhound I don’t know where this road will bend But for now I ride With the hum of wheels and the whisper of wind If you wake missing Love left tangled in the seams I’ll be somewhere rolling Carrying it softly in my dreams [Outro – soft acoustic picking, fading pads] Keep a light for a stranger On this road that won’t lead home Keep a light for a stranger Till the wheels forget their song