Rust Roses

Red roses wilting on the wooden bar

Ice melting slow

inside an empty glass

Your heavy drawl

cutting through

the dark

Bringing back a fire I thought had passed

One touch and the room starts spinning round

No good ever came from looking back (mmmmm)

It's always midnight when you pull me close

Taste of cheap whiskey

and a bitter

rose

We swear it's over

till the embers spark

Tangled in the sheets of a southern dark (oh

yeah)

Dusty

boot prints

across the pine wood floor

You button up your shirt

without a sound

This small-town romance

always wants for more

Leaving pieces of our hearts scattered on the ground

It's always midnight when you pull me close

Taste of cheap whiskey

and a bitter rose

We swear it's over

till the embers spark

Tangled in the sheets of a southern dark

(in the dark)

We’re gasoline

and a careless flame (burn it down)

Every morning brings the same sweet shame

Whiskey glasses

and midnight memories...

(stay with me)