NEON Lyrics

Neon Lights

Lying in bed on a Friday night

My breath got short and my chest got tight

My arm went numb and I broke out in a sweat

My pulse like a drumbeat that I couldn't forget

A shadow on the wall called out my name

In deep dark voice, it asked, Are you insane

I said, Hey God! Are you talking to me

It said, I ain't no savior, now you're coming with me

It said, I ain't no savior, you're coming with me.

And I said… Gee

Are there neon lights on the road to hell

Will I meet that barmaid that I knew so well

If we have to travel down that long dark road

Can I stop in for a cold one before I go

Can I grab myself a cold one before I go

It stood there in its robe with its sickle and cup

It said, I've got to take you 'fore the sun comes up

Did you really think all of those things that you said

Could hide the evil thoughts crawling around in your head

I argued like a trader in the market square

Saying, Life is hard! Life ain't fair

It said, Death is harder, and soon you'll see

That life ain't hard, because life is free

You're gonna pay for something when I take you with me

And I said… Gee

Are there neon lights on the road to hell

Will I meet that barmaid that I knew so well

If we have to travel down that long dark road

Can I stop in for a cold one before I go

Can I grab myself a cold one before I go

I did a lot of drinking in my younger days

I never found time for to change my ways

I smoked a bale of cigarettes and other stuff

Ignoring every sign that said, Enough is enough

Now I'm sitting here plucking out this ancient tune

In a patio bar beneath a full blown moon

Singing to the living and their half-dead eyes

I guess it wasn't really such a big surprise

I guess it wasn't really such a big surprise

That there were neon lights on the road to hell

I ran into that barmaid that I knew so well

I was forced to travel down that long dark road

I stopped in for a cold one, and one last show

I stopped in for a cold one and now I know