Till It's Gone

From the neon light of a liquor store

To a flashin' motel sign

I bought a room and did my best

To disappear inside

Took the phone off of the hook

And put the sign out on the door

Opened up that bottle

And let it pour till it was gone

Grabbed an ashtray from the dresser

And lit a cigarette

I turned off the TV

And laid down on the bed

I smoked one to the filter

And I watched the ashes fall

Blew smoke rings at your memory

As it danced across the wall till it was gone

I burned up all my chances

Like this book of motel matches

And the guilt cuts through the night

Like a knife cuts to the bone

'Cause when you got no pride to spend

The heartache has no end

You just let those demons loose

And just hold on, just hold on

The morning showed no mercy

As the sun bled through the blinds

Silent films of you and me

Flashed behind my eyes

I shook off the whiskey

But I could not shake the fact

I was a fool

Didn't know what I had till it was gone

I burned up all my chances

Like this book of motel matches

And the guilt cuts through the night

Like a knife cuts to the bone

When you got no pride to spend

The heartache has no end

Just let those demons loose

And just hold on, just hold on

Till it's gone

Till it's gone

Ooh, till it's gone

Mmm, till it's gone