Rain on the glass like a silver screen
The coldest city I have ever seen
I keep the heater on a steady low
Watching the yellow street lights start to glow
Electric blues cutting through the night
A jagged wire sparking out of sight
Screaming in Memphis like a chrome machine
The loudest hunger that I've ever seen
Fare in the back with a heavy gaze
Lost in the static of a midnight haze
He wants the river and the river bend
A broken story that will never end
Electric blues cutting through the night
A jagged wire sparking out of sight
Screaming in Memphis like a chrome machine
The loudest hunger that I've ever seen
Old leather seats and a rusted door
I've seen this movie a thousand times before
The asphalt hums like a hollow bell
A concrete heaven and a velvet hell
Electric blues cutting through the night
A jagged wire sparking out of sight
Screaming in Memphis like a chrome machine
The loudest hunger that I've ever seen
Hard luck is just a coin you cannot spend
The road is long and it will never bend
I steer the wheel through the heavy gray
Waiting for ghosts of a different day
Steel on the string and a sudden snap
A lightning bolt in a city trap
Break through the cold with a gold-plated sound
Lifting my spirit off the frozen ground
Tires are spinning on a wet concrete
The rhythm pulses on a dead-end street
One last arrival for a lonely soul
Turning the meter for a final toll
Electric blues cutting through the night
A jagged wire sparking out of sight
Screaming in Memphis like a chrome machine
The loudest hunger that I've ever seen
Keep the change, son. Midnight meter.
Just ride on.
