Scarlett June

Text
Blue
Hour:

[Verse 1]
It's the hour when the world goes still
When the night gives way against its will
The street outside is cold and grey
And everything I meant to say
Gets stuck somewhere between my heart and tongue
Like a song I forgot when I was young
The coffee's cold, the candle's low
And I've been sitting here watching you go

[Pre-Chorus]
Not asking you to stay
Not asking you to fight
Just one more song before
You walk out of this life

[Chorus]
Blue hour, that's when the truth comes out
When there's nothing left to hide behind or doubt
Blue hour, when the silence speaks
Of all the love that slowly leaks
Through the cracks of what we couldn't say
Blue hour, where the night meets day
Tell me now while the world's asleep
Which part of us is worth the hurt to keep

[Verse 2]
I've been counting all the signs
I missed
Every argument we just dismissed
The way you'd laugh a little less each week
The way you'd turn before I'd speak
I'm not angry, I'm just tired and worn
A little lost and a little torn
Between the girl I was before we met
And the woman I became —
I'm not ready to forget

[Pre-Chorus]
Not asking you to stay
Not asking you to fight
Just one more song before
You walk out of this life

[Chorus]
Blue hour, that's when the truth comes out...

[Guitar Solo]

[ Instrumental — Guitar Solo / Hammond Organ ]

[Bridge]
I used to be afraid of the dark
Now I'm afraid of a brand new start
How do you begin again
When the ending hasn't finished yet?
I'll light a match, I'll find my way I've survived a harder, darker day

[Final Chorus]
Blue hour, that's when the truth comes out
When there's nothing left to hide behind or doubt
Blue hour, I'll be just fine
When the morning comes I'll draw my own new line
Blue hour, this is where I land
I know now what I am and what I can withstand
Stepping out into the breaking day
Blue hour taught me everything I need to say

[Outro]
Blue hour...
I know now...
Blue hour...
Watch me go...

[Verse 1]
You came around like a summer storm
Left me breathless, left me torn
I knew the moment you walked in
This kind of love's a kind of sin
Your hands on the table, your eyes on mine
You pour your words out like cheap red wine
I should know better, I've been here before
But you're the kind of trouble
I keep coming back for

[Pre-Chorus]
We're the match and the bottle
We don't know when to stop
We burn every bridge down
Right from the top

[Chorus]
You're gasoline and I'm the flame
We don't know how to play it safe or sane
One touch and the whole thing starts to burn
That's a lesson I never seem to learn
You're gasoline, I'm burning bright
We light up like a neon sign at night I'd rather burn with you and lose my mind
Than put this fire out and leave it all behind

[Verse 2]
It's three in the morning, we're still talking loud
Your laughter cuts right through the crowd
We've been here before but it always feels
Like something that's too good to be real
The jukebox plays our favourite song
I've known all along where this belongs
In the part of my chest where the embers glow
The part I share with people
I can't let go

[Pre-Chorus]
We're the match and the bottle
We don't know when to stop
We burn every bridge down
Right from the top

[Chorus]
You're gasoline and I'm the flame...

[Guitar Solo]

[ Instrumental — Guitar Solo / Hammond Organ ]

[Bridge]
Everybody says we're moving too fast
Everybody says this thing can never last
Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong
But honey, even fire writes a beautiful song
I'm not afraid of a little heat
I just can't stand the thought of my own defeat

[Final Chorus]
You're gasoline and I'm the flame
We don't know how to play it safe or sane
One touch and the whole thing starts to burn
That's a lesson I never seem to learn
You're gasoline, I'm burning bright
We light up like a neon sign at night I'd rather burn with you and lose my mind
Than put this fire out and leave it all behind

[Outro]
Burn with me, baby
Just a little longer now
Burn with me, honey
You know I don't know how to stop...

[Verse 1]
Neon signs are bleeding through the window pane
I'm just sitting here alone with whiskey and rain
Your side of the bed still smells like yesterday
Guess some ghosts just don't know how to walk away

[Chorus]
Oh, I loved you slow, I loved you deep
Now it's just an empty ache
I carry when I sleep
Every song on the radio, they're singing 'bout my pain
Just me, a little whiskey, and the rain

[Verse 2]
I found your letter tucked inside my coat
Read the words you wrote me like a lifeline, like a rope
Funny how a memory can hold you by the throat
Long after love has come and gone

[Chorus]
Oh, I loved you slow, I loved you deep
Now it's just an empty ache
I carry when I sleep
Every song on the radio, they're singing 'bout my pain
Just me, a little whiskey, and the rain

[Bridge]
Maybe one day I'll wake up and the hurt won't feel so wide
Maybe I'll stop reaching for the empty side
Till then I'll let the organ moan
I'll let the guitar cry
And I'll keep loving you in silence, one more lonely night

[Guitar/Organ Interlude] (restrained, emotional, slowly building)

[Chorus] (fuller, more powerful)
Oh, I loved you slow, I loved you deep
Now it's just an empty ache
I carry when I sleep
Every song on the radio, they're singing 'bout my pain
Just me, a little whiskey, and the rain

[Outro]
Just me... a little whiskey... and the rain...
(piano and
Hammond fade, rain sound returns)

[Verse 1]
I've been down before, I know how the dark feels
I've been on my knees just begging time to heal
Every crack in the pavement, every pothole in the road
Been walking this highway carrying the heaviest load
But I've seen what comes after the worst of the storm
When the world picks itself up and goes looking for warmth
I've been through the fire, I've been through the cold
Some things break you, some things make you bold

[Pre-Chorus]
And just like the river after a drought
It all comes flooding back without a doubt
There's a season for everything under this sun
Even heartbreak eventually comes undone

[Chorus]
Something like rain is coming my way
Washing the old out and starting the day
Something like rain falls on everyone
The only way through it is out the other side, hon
Something like rain ain't here to stay
It comes and it cleanses and it goes away
Something like rain — yeah, that's what I am
A little bit broken and a whole lot of damn good

[Verse 2]
You thought the weight of it would pull me under
You thought I'd crumble at the sound of the thunder
But every scar is just a story on my skin
Every time I fell I found the strength to begin
I'm not the girl that you left by the door
I've become something you haven't seen before
Still got the bruises but I wear them with grace
Found myself when I stepped out of your race

[Pre-Chorus]
And just like the river after a drought
It all comes flooding back without a doubt
There's a season for everything under this sun
Even heartbreak eventually comes undone

[Chorus]
Something like rain is coming my way...

[Guitar Solo]

[ Instrumental — Guitar Solo / Hammond Organ ]

[Bridge]
Lord knows it ain't been easy
Lord knows I've had my share
Of nights that felt like they would last forever
And mornings that were barely there
But I'm standing here in the light of it now
And I wouldn't trade a single day for how
Every broken piece brought me to today
Made me brave enough to finally say —

[Final Chorus]
Something like rain is coming my way
Washing the old out and starting the day
Something like rain falls on everyone
The only way through it is out the other side, hon
Something like rain — that's what I chose
To grow the most beautiful, complicated rose
Something like rain — yeah, that's what I am
A little bit broken and a whole lot of worth it

[Outro]
Something like rain...
Let it fall...
I'm not afraid anymore...
Not anymore...

[Verse 1]
I pour my evening out one glass at a time
You tell me stories and I pretend they're mine
The truth sits heavy like the smoke in the air
But the truth don't hold me the way you do, so I don't care
I've heard the version that you tell the crowd
Your words ring hollow but I sing along loud
Tell myself it's love, maybe it's just habit
Once you get a taste it's awful hard to kick it

[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody sees it but me I guess that's where I wanna be
Lost in something that I know ain't real
Lord, it feels too good to feel

[Chorus]
Whiskey and lies, that's what we're made of
The thing that breaks me and the thing
I'm afraid of
Whiskey and lies, burning clean and clear
I know you're no good but I keep you near
One more round, one more night
One more reason I can't fight
Whiskey and lies, that's my sweet ruin
Honey, I still don't know what you're doing to me

[Verse 2]
My friends say leave him, say it every time I nod along and then I'm back in line
There's something in the warmth of a beautiful mistake
Something in the things we never say I'm smarter than this
I know I am
But my heart ain't ever followed any plan
You've got me running circles round the drain
And baby I would run every one again

[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody sees it but me I guess that's where I wanna be
Lost in something that I know ain't real
Lord, it feels too good to feel

[Chorus]
Whiskey and lies, that's what we're made of...

[Guitar Solo]

[ Instrumental — Guitar Solo / Hammond Organ ]

[Bridge]
One day I'll wake up with a clearer head
I'm not sure I'm ready for that morning yet
But till then I'll hold you in the dark
And call this thing between us something that it's not
Call it love, call it fate
Call it burning just a little too late

[Final Chorus]
Whiskey and lies, that's what we're made of
The thing that breaks me and the thing
I'm afraid of
Whiskey and lies, burning clean and clear
I know you're no good but I keep you here
One more round, one more night
One more reason not to fight
Whiskey and lies, that's my sweet ruin
Honey, I still can't figure out what you're doing to me
What you're doing to me...

[Outro]
Whiskey and lies...
That's all we are...
Oh, but what a beautiful scar...

[Verse 1]
They tried to keep me quiet, tried to keep me small
Tried to build a cage and put me in a hall
Said honey you're too much, said honey tone it down
Said women like you always end up burning down
But I've got fire where my heartbeat ought to be
And I've got thunder in my blood that won't let me be
Everything they warned you about when they said be careful now I'm everything they warned you about — and I meant every vow

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't apologize for taking up the space
I was made for open roads and wide-open grace
I am the storm and I am the calm
The wildfire burning in my own two palms

[Chorus]
Wildfire woman, can't be tamed I've got a reputation and I'll own the name
Wildfire woman, burning free
Nobody wrote the rules that I agreed to keep
I'll set the night alive and watch the embers fall
If you can't handle the heat, don't come to my hall
Wildfire woman — this is my ground
You're either in the fire or you're standing around

[Verse 2]
I've loved like a hurricane and walked away clean
I've been the kind of woman they write about in scenes
You called me complicated, I call it alive
I've got too much of everything just to survive
I've got stories in my knuckles and songs in my bones
And everywhere I go I make everywhere home
I don't fit in the box and I don't fit the mold
I'm the kind of woman that just never gets old

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't apologize for taking up the space
I was made for open roads and wide-open grace
I am the storm and I am the calm
The wildfire burning in my own two palms

[Chorus]
Wildfire woman, can't be tamed...

[Guitar Solo]

[ Instrumental — Guitar Solo / Hammond Organ ]

[Bridge]
You can try to hold me, tried that before
Every hand that grabs the fire always wants more
I am not a thing to own
I am not a thing to keep
I'm the kind of woman that runs wild in your sleep
So if you're brave enough to stand beside the flame
Step into my fire — call me by my name

[Final Chorus]
Wildfire woman, can't be tamed I've got a reputation and I'll own the name
Wildfire woman, burning free
Nobody wrote the rules that I agreed to keep
I'll set the whole night alive and watch the embers fall
If you can't handle the heat, don't answer my call
Wildfire woman — I am the ground
I am the fire and the shaking all around

[Outro]
Wildfire woman...
That's who I am...
Never change...
Never change...

[Verse 1]
Snow keeps fallin' on this old back road
Got my baby, got a heavy load
Snow keeps fallin' on this old back road
Ain't no trouble that this love can't hold

[Verse 2]
Christmas lights burnin' like a fever dream
Nothin' in this world is what it seem
Christmas lights burnin' like a fever dream
Baby you're the brightest thing I've seen

[Pre-Chorus]
Well the organ's moanin' low
And the guitar starts to cry
Ain't no candle, ain't no snow
Brighter than the light in your eyes

[Chorus]
Oh, it's a blue, blue
Christmas night
But your love's my only light
Whiskey warm and firelight gold
Baby, you're the best story ever told
Oh, it's a blue, blue
Christmas night
Yeah, you make it feel so right
Every ache, every year gone by
Melts away when you're by my side

[Verse 3]
Been down every road that led me wrong
Been searchin' for a
Christmas song
Been down every road that led me wrong
But baby, in your arms is where I belong

[Pre-Chorus]
Well the organ's moanin' low
And the guitar starts to cry
Ain't no candle, ain't no snow
Brighter than the light in your eyes

[Chorus]
Oh, it's a blue, blue
Christmas night
But your love's my only light
Whiskey warm and firelight gold
Baby, you're the best story ever told
Oh, it's a blue, blue
Christmas night
Yeah, you make it feel so right
Every ache, every year gone by
Melts away when you're by my side

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge] (soulful ad-libs)
Ohh... every year I fall again
Ohh... deeper than I've ever been
No, I don't need no mistletoe
When your love's the only thing
I know

[Chorus]
Oh, it's a blue, blue
Christmas night
But your love's my only light
Whiskey warm and firelight gold
Baby, you're the best story ever told
Oh, it's a blue, blue
Christmas night
Yeah, you make it feel so right
Every ache, every year gone by
Melts away when you're by my side

[Outro]
Blue, blue
Christmas night...
But baby, you're my light...

[Verse 1]
Packed my whole life in a paper sack
Left the porch light burning, ain't looking back
Every promise that you made was chains dressed up as gold
Now I'm counting up my freedom, one mile at a time, slow

[Chorus]
I'm gone by sunrise, gone like smoke
Chasing that horizon till this heart ain't broke
You had your chance, baby, that's the truth
Now I'm running wild and free, just like I did in my youth
Gone by sunrise, don't you cry
Some things gotta die before you learn to fly

[Verse 2]
Hammond's humming low like it knows my name
Same old highway, but I ain't the same
Used to beg for scraps of love, on my knees on the floor
Now I'm standing tall in the headlights, don't need you anymore

[Chorus]
I'm gone by sunrise, gone like smoke
Chasing that horizon till this heart ain't broke
You had your chance, baby, that's the truth
Now I'm running wild and free, just like I did in my youth
Gone by sunrise, don't you cry
Some things gotta die before you learn to fly

[Bridge]
Maybe I'll cry when the sun comes up
Maybe I'll drown it in a whiskey cup
But tonight, tonight, I belong to the road
Lighter than I've been in so long, finally letting go

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm gone by sunrise, gone like smoke
Chasing that horizon till this heart ain't broke
You had your chance, baby, that's the truth
Now I'm running wild and free, just like I did in my youth
Gone by sunrise, don't you cry
Some things gotta die before you learn to fly

[Outro]
Gone by sunrise... gone by sunrise...
(Hammond and guitar fade out)

[Intro] (driving guitar riff, drums kick in hard)

[Verse 1]
You call me trouble, honey, that's alright
I burn a little brighter every single night
You wanted quiet, wanted someone tame
Well darling I was born already up in flames

[Chorus]
I'm a wildfire kind of woman, can't be tamed
Every heart that's crossed me walks away half-changed
You can try to hold me but you'll get burned
Wildfire woman, that's a lesson you'll have learned

[Verse 2]
Guitar's screaming like it's telling my truth
Every scar I got became my kind of proof
I don't need your water, don't need your rain
I run on gasoline and a
Hammond refrain

[Chorus]
I'm a wildfire kind of woman, can't be tamed
Every heart that's crossed me walks away half-changed
You can try to hold me but you'll get burned
Wildfire woman, that's a lesson you'll have learned

[Bridge]
Maybe I'm too much for a love that's small
I'd rather burn out bright than not burn at all
So strike the match, watch the whole thing ignite
I was born to run wild on a
Saturday night

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm a wildfire kind of woman, can't be tamed
Every heart that's crossed me walks away half-changed
You can try to hold me but you'll get burned
Wildfire woman, that's a lesson you'll have learned

[Outro]
Wildfire, wildfire, watch me burn...
(guitar and
Hammond fade out)

[Verse 1]
Streetlights shimmer on the rain
Taxi lights and window panes
Got my shadow walking by my side
And nowhere left to run and hide
The city's got a restless heart
Just like me when the daylight's gone
Every corner knows my name
Every night feels just the same

[Pre-Chorus]
But when the music starts to play
I leave my worries far away

[Chorus]
I'm the queen of the night
Dancing under neon skies
Got a fire in my soul
And freedom in my eyes
No chains holding me down
No tears left to cry I'm the queen of the night
And tonight I'm feeling alive

[Verse 2]
Old guitar on a smoky stage
Singing stories page by page
Every note cuts deep and true
Every song feels something new
The moon is hanging low tonight
Watching over every light
And if tomorrow comes too soon
I'll still be singing to the moon

[Pre-Chorus]
When the music starts to play
I leave my worries far away

[Chorus]
I'm the queen of the night
Dancing under neon skies
Got a fire in my soul
And freedom in my eyes
No chains holding me down
No tears left to cry I'm the queen of the night
And tonight I'm feeling alive

[Bridge]
Let the world keep spinning round
I've finally found my sound
One more song, one more ride
With the whole night on my side

[Final Chorus]
I'm the queen of the night
Burning brighter than the lights
Got a heart made of gold
And a spirit that won't hide
No chains holding me down
No tears left to cry I'm the queen of the night
And tonight I'm feeling alive

[Outro]
Oh-oh-oh...
Queen of the night...
Oh-oh-oh...
Feeling alive...

[Intro]

[Slide guitar, slow build]

[Verse 1]
From the
Carolina pines to the
Arizona dust
Rusty trucks and diners where the coffee's strong enough
We don't talk the same, we don't pray the same way
But we all watch the sun come up on a working day

[Pre-Chorus]
They try to tell us we're too far apart
But I hear the same old heartbeat in the dark

[Chorus]
We stand under the same sky
Same storms, same fire, same fight
Hold the line, hold it tight
Nobody walks alone tonight
From the coast to the heartland wide
We stand under the same sky

[Verse 2]
My neighbor flies a flag I never would've picked
But he pulled me from the ditch when my old engine quit
No speeches and no cameras, just a rope and two strong hands
That's the kind of country that I still understand

[Pre-Chorus]
They try to tell us we're too far apart
But I hear the same old heartbeat in the dark

[Chorus]
We stand under the same sky
Same storms, same fire, same fight
Hold the line, hold it tight
Nobody walks alone tonight
From the coast to the heartland wide
We stand under the same sky

[Bridge]

[Half-time, raw vocals]
When the river floods, nobody asks your name
When the town burns down, we all carry the flame
Built by different hands, a hundred different songs
But it's one long road, and we've been on it all along

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]

[Key change, gang vocals]
We stand under the same sky
Same storms, same fire, same fight
Hold the line, hold it tight
Nobody walks alone tonight
From the coast to the heartland wide
We stand under the same sky

[Outro]

[Fading slide guitar]
Same sky... same sky

[Intro]

[Shuffle groove, guitar lick, Hammond swell]

[Verse 1]
Neon's humming low on the boulevard
Bartender knows my glass, knows my heart
You walked in like you own the night
Same old smile, same old lies

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to wait up, I used to cry
Now I just watch the clock tick by

[Chorus]
It's last call, baby, and I'm still standing tall
Pour it slow, I ain't falling for it all
You can whisper all you want across this hall
I'm walking out before the last call

[Verse 2]
Red dress on and my lipstick on fire
Got a voice like smoke and a heart like wire
You say
"Darling, just one more dance"
Honey, I've seen how that story ends

[Pre-Chorus]
I used to wait up, I used to cry
Now I just watch the clock tick by

[Chorus]
It's last call, baby, and I'm still standing tall
Pour it slow, I ain't falling for it all
You can whisper all you want across this hall
I'm walking out before the last call

[Bridge]

[Breakdown, piano and voice]
Maybe I miss you when the city sleeps
Maybe that blue note cuts a little deep
But a lonely night is better than a lie
I'll keep my whiskey, you can keep goodbye

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]

[Full band, gang vocals]
It's last call, baby, and I'm still standing tall
Pour it slow, I ain't falling for it all
You can whisper all you want across this hall
I'm walking out before the last call

[Outro]

[Slow down, Hammond fade]
Last call...
I'm gone