Overdue Fines

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dusty shelves and morning light
You’re back for more tonight
Looking for a rhyme or reason
In this cold and lonely season
Mind the stack of paperbacks
Watch your step on all the cracks
[Pre-Chorus]
You ask for Keats or maybe Donne
I say I’ve only got the one
The coffee’s burnt, the cup is cold
Like stories that are getting old
[Chorus]
It’s just another overdue fine
A little piece of your time
I’m reading between the lines
Watching for the secret signs
Dog-eared pages in the dark
Waitin' for a little spark
[Verse]
You smell like rain and old ink
Give me a moment just to think
That leather binding’s torn apart
Much like my very own heart
You say the sonnet’s bit too long
I say you’ve got the rhythm wrong
[Hook]
Shoo-be-do-ba, da-da-dee
Looking right through little me
Ba-da-zap, ba-da-zow
Don’t ask me why or how
[Solo]
[Bridge]
The espresso’s bitter on my tongue
Like a song that’s never sung
I’ve cataloged every single look
Tucked away inside a book
Middle-aged and acting strange
Wondering if things could change
[Chorus]
It’s just another overdue fine
A little piece of your time
I’m reading between the lines
Watching for the secret signs
Dog-eared pages in the dark
Waitin' for a little spark
[Post-Chorus]
Just a spark
In the dark
Closing time
Finding rhyme
[Outro]