Twenty-Three at 2 A.M.

[Intro]
[Verse]
Fan blades cutting the air
Dust motes in my hair
Fridge hums a lonely tune
Underneath a paper moon
Picking at the cotton sheet
Tangled in my feet
[Pre-Chorus]
My heavy eyes are closing now
The ceiling starts to bow
I smell the ocean spray
From a far and different day
[Chorus]
Ticket taker at the gate
I’m running really late
Back in twenty-three
By the salty sea
Copper coins inside my hand
Walking on the sand
[Post-Chorus]
Round and round it goes
Where it stops nobody knows
Just a dizzy little ghost
On the Jersey coast
[Verse]
I wore a striped vest
Better than the rest
Popcorn in a paper bag
Watching the velvet flag
A boy with a crooked smile
Stayed for a little while
[Chorus]
Ticket taker at the gate
I’m running really late
Back in twenty-three
By the salty sea
Copper coins inside my hand
Walking on the sand
[Bridge]
Static on the radio
Where did all the people go?
Maybe I was just a dream
Floating in the cream
Of a coffee cup
Before the sun came up
[Verse]
The Casio starts to beep
I really need some sleep
The boardwalk turns to floor
I don't live there anymore
The sparrow calls my name
Nothing feels the same
[Chorus]
Ticket taker at the gate
I’m running really late
Back in twenty-three
By the salty sea
Copper coins inside my hand
Walking on the sand
[Post-Chorus]
Round and round it goes
Where it stops nobody knows
Just a dizzy little ghost
On the Jersey coast
[Outro]