Neon Shadows and Empty Seats

[Intro] [Verse 1] The jukebox hums a lonesome tune, A steel guitar cries out this room. Neon flickers through the haze, There you stand in that old doorway. Your laughter’s new, but your smile’s the same, A stranger’s hand bears your old name. Whiskey burns, but the truth cuts deeper, That empty seat’s still yours, my keeper. [Chorus] Oh, the neon paints what I can’t forget, A love that’s dyin’ but ain’t d**d yet. That jukebox spins our broken rhyme, While I drive these roads we called “ours” in time. Now every streetlight whispers your goodbye, In this small town where memories won’t die. [Verse 2] We once slow-danced where the floorboards creak, Now I just haunt these corners meek. Your new flame’s boots tap the same wood, Where we swore forever—we never could. The Rusty Rail’s got no tears to spare, Just dust and ghosts and a barstool’s glare. I trace your shadow on Route 5, But that passenger seat stays empty, alive. [Chorus] Oh, the neon paints what I can’t forget, A love that’s dyin’ but ain’t d**d yet. That jukebox spins our broken rhyme, While I drive these roads we called “ours” in time. Now every streetlight whispers your goodbye, In this small town where memories won’t die. [Bridge] The night’s a mirror of what we’ve lost, Your new love’s laugh—it’s my heart’s cost. That jukebox plays our final song, But the melody’s right where it belongs. [Outro] Neon shadows and empty seats, A truck rolls on where the past repeats. The jukebox fades, the bar dims low, Another mile, another ghost to tow.