Street Cats Midnight Blues

[Verse]
Neon puddles on the sidewalk breathing steam
Junk moon hanging low like a busted lamppost dream
Street cats stalking broken bottles and bad news
I taste metal in the night when my teeth refuse
Name burned off my jacket just a ghost of an excuse

[Verse 2]
You got ash on your lips and a match on your tongue
Whispering revolution but the song feels unsung
Is this a party or a funeral in cheap shoes
We dance in crooked circles like we got nothing left to lose
We drink to every promise that we already bruised

[Chorus]
Street cats midnight blues
Street cats midnight blues
Scratch that door scratch that truth
Howl at the locks till the hinges come loose
Street cats midnight blues

[Verse 3]
My veins buzzing like streetlights that flicker then die
I keep asking the asphalt for reasons it will not reply
Is this hunger in my chest or a parking ticket heart
Some cop of a conscience keeps tearing me apart
Writes me up for loitering where the sacred should start

[Prechorus]
Every shadow got a secret stitched in rust
Every prayer tastes like nicotine and dust

[Chorus]
Street cats midnight blues
Street cats midnight blues
Say it again till the sky coughs up a clue
Till the sirens start singing off key out of tune
Street cats midnight blues