Ashtrays
written by: Roger Turner
The night was over
The band was done
Time to hit the lights
Another Friday
In the books
And we only had two fights
One busted speaker
A broken chair
A proposal killed at ten
Time to close
And shut it down
Until we start again
Ashtrays full of hopes and dreams
Burned away with no success
Half filled bottles and empty glasses
Just signs of more excess
Time to clean away the night
And sweep away unanswered prayers
Wash the lipstick from where it stayed
And clean up the night’s layers
Another morning
after another night
of at least ten broken hearts
where remnants of
scattered hopes
were dead before their start
An empty shell
hopelessness…tempting
once more.. ‘have a try
where once the band
is finished up
you can all go home and cry
Ashtrays full of hopes and dreams
Burned away with no success
Half filled bottles and empty glasses
Just signs of more excess
Time to clean away the night
And sweep away unanswered prayers
Wash the lipstick from where it stayed
And clean up the night’s layers
Each day starts fresh
Last night is gone
Nothing ever lasts
The beer is cold
The bar is warm
Last night is in the past
Regulars arriving
Band is tuning
The staff is in position
Fake Id’s
abound tonight
with cougars on a mission
Ashtrays full of hopes and dreams
Burned away with no success
Half filled bottles and empty glasses
Just signs of more excess
Time to clean away the night
And sweep away unanswered prayers
Wash the lipstick from where it stayed
And clean up the night’s layers
Ashtrays full of hopes and dreams
Burned away with no success
Half filled bottles and empty glasses
Just signs of more excess
Time to clean away the night
And sweep away unanswered prayers
Wash the lipstick from where it stayed
And clean up the night’s layers
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