The Lobby Lounge Poem

[Intro]
[Verse]
Deep in the pocket
Hidden like a locket
Vintage fur and lace
Searching for your face
Fingers touch the edge
A long-forgotten pledge
Scrawled on a napkin thin
Where the night would begin
[Pre-Chorus]
The rain started to fall
Echoes down the hall
The lounge was dim and low
With nowhere left to go
[Chorus]
Seventy-four in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
Blue ink on a white square
Smoke hanging in the air
You wrote a line so sweet
To the rhythm of the street
Now I’m swaying all alone
To a ghost on the phone
[Verse]
Wurlitzer keys hum
Brush on the drum
Ice melts in the rye
Under a neon sky
Your coat smelled of cloves
In the city we chose
Time was a slow dance
A mid-century romance
[Chorus]
Seventy-four in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
Blue ink on a white square
Smoke hanging in the air
You wrote a line so sweet
To the rhythm of the street
Now I’m swaying all alone
To a ghost on the phone
[Bridge]
The vibraphone starts to ring
I can hear the shadows sing
(Doo-dah, ba-dee-ba, doo-way)
(Shoo-be-doo, mm-hmm, stay)
The lace curtains start to sway
In the light of a yesterday
[Chorus]
Seventy-four in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
Blue ink on a white square
Smoke hanging in the air
You wrote a line so sweet
To the rhythm of the street
Now I’m swaying all alone
To a ghost on the phone
[Post-Chorus]
Just a napkin and a pen
Take me back there again
Take me back to the lounge
Where the lost things are found
[Outro]