Midnight grill still holds the heat
Regulars in vinyl seats
Fry cook flips a joke or two
Grease pops loud as morning dew
Neon flickers rain taps hard
Wooden porch keeps watch and guard
Coffee steams in chipped white cups
Thunder shakes the window up
Lightning writes in jagged script
On the wet asphalt gripped
Sign buzzes pink and electric blue
Paint peels where the storms blew through
Neon flickers rain taps hard
Wooden porch keeps watch and guard
Coffee steams in chipped white cups
Thunder shakes the window up
Waitress pours without a sound
Steam curls up and hangs around
Pie sits cooling crust turned gold
Stories rise before they're told
Neon flickers rain taps hard
Wooden porch keeps watch and guard
Coffee steams in chipped white cups
Thunder shakes the window up
Clock ticks slow the night drags on
Dawn won't break until it's gone
Neon cuts the heavy air
Regulars still sitting there
Bass line walks the floorboards deep
Snare snaps sharp to wake the sleep
Guitar screams in angular lines
Hope bursts out in jagged signs
Rickenbacker growls low and mean
Cleanest sound you've ever seen
Morning creeps on greasy tiles
Cook wipes hands and cracks a smile
Thunder fades to distant rumble
Diner hums a low warm mumble
Neon flickers rain taps hard
Wooden porch keeps watch and guard
Coffee steams in chipped white cups
Thunder shakes the window up
Neon hums while thunder rolls
Coffee steams in tin bowls
Porch light swings on rusted chain
Diner heart beats through the rain
