I've watched ten thousand headlights fade
Through mosquito dusk and crawfish rain
Meter running on the graveyard shift
Bayou don't care what the dispatch says
Neon burns on the porch tonight
Guiding lost souls to pie and light
Shrimp boats blink past the wooden rails
I'll outlast every storm that sails
Cabbie wisdom etched in flicker code
Tip's in the story not the load
Gator eyes reflect my humble sign
Pirogues drift on the parish line
Neon burns on the porch tonight
Guiding lost souls to pie and light
Shrimp boats blink past the wooden rails
I'll outlast every storm that sails
Humidity weighs on transformer hum
Regulars know exactly where I'm from
Coffee black as midnight on the water
Daughter serves the preacher's daughter
Neon burns on the porch tonight
Guiding lost souls to pie and light
Shrimp boats blink past the wooden rails
I'll outlast every storm that sails
CB crackles with a dead man's joke
Son this highway's just smoke
But I stay bolted to the sagging beam
Watching years roll down the stream
Flicker once for the ones who stayed
Flicker twice for the debts unpaid
Steady now through the hurricane
Same pink promise same terrain
Morning comes with a crawfish boil
Another night of diesel and oil
But I'll be here when the sun goes down
Brightest king in this swampy town
Neon burns on the porch tonight
Guiding lost souls to pie and light
Shrimp boats blink past the wooden rails
I'll outlast every storm that sails
Neon burns on the porch tonight
Guiding lost souls to pie and light
Buzzing low over cypress knees
Pink glow kissing Spanish moss