Open All Night - Brian Rose
Smoke blue breath in the window
harsh light and watery eyes
burnt out butt out and out of sight
the deal goes down at moonrise
newspaper blows down this tunnel of love
tumbleweed in the city light
pissing neon in the pouring rain
open all night
skin green splitting in the back room
still praying to god.above
dim names left back in the diner
all for a thimbleful of love
there's news of a murder up at fourteenth and
the waitress shivers with fright
as two cops tell a fish story
open all night
she wipes the counter
and she sweeps the floor
she makes the coffee
and she asks you do you want some more
she looks in the eyes of a desperate man
she can't say much but she can understand
another aimless loner
another brittle voice
another ghostly goner
head in his hands
open all night
outside the street is a mine field
to the ex-soldier with the tatooed arm
cigarette stuck on his lower lip
thinks of his mom back on the farm
thick thighs snicker behind him
she says boy you don't have to fight
come on home with me baby
I'm open all night
by Brian Rose © 1982