Red & Orange Special

[Verse 1]

There’s a river down in Nashville

Where the alcohol's so clean

You can wash away the sins of anyone but me

And if you’re not at the table then you’re probably the mill

Name goes higher on the menu as her drinks begin to spill

And it's too humid in the morning

Her mascara starts to fade

Into the silk of all the pillows

Where the codeine's set to lay

And when they wash away the garbage

All that horror will remain

And the red and orange special is burning on that midnight train

[Verse 2]

And if you try hard enough

Well maybe you just might believe

You still know exactly who you are

Til you panic and can’t breathe

But you’re just sweating in the mirror

You’re just melting in the sink

Like cheap trick birthday candles

Slow red flames burning into the pain

[Verse 3]

It is raining on the harbor

It is raining on the sea

I am rushing through the alleyway

I am almost free

You’re toxic and so selfish

Like you are some sort of saint

Walkin round the house and cussin

Counting all the things you hate

Put a bullet in the tv while you’re screaming at the clouds

Passing by us moving overhead

When there’s no one else around

I drink the poison when it's liquid

I drink the poison in your glass

Your kisses burn my tongue of feeling

Onion peels and fiber glass

It is raining on the cemetery

It is falling from the tree

There's detectives in the shadows

Taking notes on what I see

There’s a broken moon ascending

Like a sword up from the sea

There is no one there to give a fuck

And the midnight special is burning into the pain

[Verse 4]

Stand against a wall

Drinking pints

When it's nice, when it's sunny

Smoke is billowing out of the cackling mouths

Tellin jokes that are barely funny

People laughing anyway

Stuck in their jobs like bees in honey

I don’t need your love to stay alive

I’ll take my pride and baby, you can keep the money

[Verse 5]

It’s too humid in the evening

As your looks begin to fade

All the money in the world

Cannot take back what you said

And when they wash away the garbage

Only your memories will remain

And the red and orange special is burnin on that midnight train