Midnight at Stallions Bar
a dark country rock song about a bar named stallions
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Lyrics
[Verse]
The swinging doors catch a splinter of the noon
Where the shadows stretch long across the floor
Dust is dancing in a shaft of golden light
While the ghosts are leaning hard against the door
The clock is stuck on a minute from the past
And the brass rail is cold beneath my hand
I came looking for a face I used to know
In a corner of this hollowed-out land
[Verse]
The scent of cedar and the sting of cheap rye
Mix with the stories that nobody tells
A picture of a stallion hangs above the shelf
Ringing silent like those iron-heavy bells
Men with road maps etched into their brows
Sit in silence watching bubbles rise and fall
There is a silence that can swallow up a life
Echoing between the plaster and the wall
[Chorus]
Oh the Stallions is a stable for the lost
Where the pedigree is written in the grit
The price of the saddle is the only cost
For a candle that has finally been lit
Through the smoke and the glass and the grey
We are riding just to stay in the same place
Tied to a hitching post at the end of the day
Looking for a spark of forgotten grace
[Verse]
I saw a woman with a locket made of tin
Polishing a memory until it started to shine
She said the highway is a snake that sheds its skin
Leaving us behind the crooked white line
The piano is missing half its ivory teeth
But it grins like a gambler in the dark
There is a reservoir of longing underneath
Waiting for a single rubbing of a spark
[Chorus]
Oh the Stallions is a stable for the lost
Where the pedigree is written in the grit
The price of the saddle is the only cost
For a candle that has finally been lit
Through the smoke and the glass and the grey
We are riding just to stay in the same place
Tied to a hitching post at the end of the day
Looking for a spark of forgotten grace
[Chorus]
Oh the Stallions is a stable for the lost
Where the pedigree is written in the grit
The price of the saddle is the only cost
For a candle that has finally been lit
Through the smoke and the glass and the grey
We are riding just to stay in the same place
Tied to a hitching post at the end of the day
Looking for a spark of forgotten grace
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