Kiss the Bottle

It gets loneliest at night
Down at the liquor store
Beneath the neon sky
Our moonlightSix a.m. the floor comes alive with lice
The pan's dried up so tight
With hardened beans
We're hungrySo, I lean on you sometimes
Just to see you're still there
Your feet can't take the weight of one
Much less two, we hit concreteHow were we born into this mess?
I know I painted you a prettier picture, baby
But we were run out on a rail
Fell from the wagon to the night trainI kissed the bottle
I should've been kissing you
You wake up to an empty night
With tears for twoCigarettes they fill the gaps
In our empty days
In our broken teeth
We're jonesingSay mister, can you spare a dime?
Some change could make a change
Could buy some time
Some freedomOr an ear to hear my story
It's all I've got
My fiction beats the hell out of my truth
A palm upturned burnt blueDon't call it sunburn
You've been shaking on the job
Just one drink ahead of your past
There's a white light coming up
You draw the blinds hoping it'll passI kissed the bottle, I should've been kissin' you
You wake up to an empty night
With tears for two