Amber and Smoke

[Intro]
[Verse]
Rain hits the glass like a soft snare hit
Bourbon in the glass, I'm feeling it
Dockside fog is rolling in slow
Nowhere left for a drifter to go
The ice melts down in a golden pool
I'm playing the part of a late-night fool
[Chorus]
Amber and smoke in a summer haze
Lost in the rhythm of those velvet days
She had a tray full of silver dreams
Nothing is ever quite what it seems
A wink and a light and a ghost of a kiss
Tell me, how did it come to this?
[Verse]
Silk dress rustling like a cool breeze
Bringing a giant like me to my knees
Shoo-be-doo, she didn't say much
Electric sparks in a feather touch
She sold the Lucky Strikes and the gold
A story that never quite got told
[Hook]
One more pour
Watch the door
Shadows on the floor
[Verse]
The piano man plays a minor chord
A melody I can’t quite afford
Walking bass keeps a steady beat
Echoes of footsteps on a wet street
I’ll tip the glass and I’ll pay the tab
Taking the only joy I can grab
[Bridge]
Was it July or was it June?
Under a pale and paper moon?
The memory fades like a trumpet wail
Leaving behind a ghostly trail
I reach for the match but the fire is out
That's what the blues are all about
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Amber and smoke in a summer haze
Lost in the rhythm of those velvet days
She had a tray full of silver dreams
Nothing is ever quite what it seems
A wink and a light and a ghost of a kiss
Tell me, how did it come to this?
[Post-Chorus]
Ba-da-da-dee, the harbor is cold
Doo-wop-sha-bam, I’m getting old
The neon flickers a pale blue light
Guiding me through the rest of the night
[Break]
[Verse]
Maybe she was just a trick of light
Born from the shadows of a lonely night
I see her face in the rising steam
Just another broken harbor dream
I'll walk the docks till the sun comes up
With nothing but dregs in a paper cup
[Outro]