Broken Pool Cue

You were leaning by the jukebox

With a split lip smile

Five-dollar beer in your hand

And trouble in your eyes

I said, “Boy, you look like a lesson”

You said, “Girl, I’m learning fast”

Then you laughed into your glass

Like the night might just pass

But the floorboards knew your name

And the ashtray knew mine

The whole room held its breath

At the end of the line

Don’t let me go, baby

Not like that, not tonight

Hold me close, hold me close

Till the bruises turn to light

Don’t let me go, baby

If you’re gonna stay, stay true

I’m still here, I’m still here

In the crooked middle of you (of you)

You drove me home in silence

With your boots on the dash

A church sign bent in the wind

And a fox in the grass

I kept my hand on your jacket

Like a prayer I couldn’t say

You turned your face to the window

Then you slipped me away

But the porch light saw it all

The screen door shook and moaned

I stood there in the cold

Like a dog without a bone

Don’t let me go, baby

Not like that, not tonight

Hold me close, hold me close

Till the bruises turn to light

Don’t let me go, baby

If you’re gonna stay, stay true

I’m still here, I’m still here

In the crooked middle of you (of you)

And if your heart is a hard town

With a river running dry

I’ll be the cracked old bridge

You cross to get back by

Say my name like you mean it

Or leave it in the dust

I can take a little heartbreak

But I can’t take no trust

Don’t let me go, baby

Not like that, not tonight

Hold me close, hold me close

Till the bruises turn to light

Don’t let me go, baby

If you’re gonna stay, stay true

I’m still here, I’m still here

In the crooked middle of you (of you)