Late at night when I wander through my dreams My lady lay right next to me while I pretend to sleep And I’m counting all these pennies when I should be counting sheep It’s the price of living a dream
But it’s smokey bars and dancehalls One more song y’all our last call You give it all ya got like it courses through your veins Hear the applause as the last note rings But it’s playing for ghosts and empty rooms It’s a tale about a dream waiting on a fool Until then I’m trying to keep My tip jar half full
Some people tell me I’m doing the right thing Some people wanna tell me I’m making a mistake But this war rages inside of me it seems every day It’s my burden, a price I pay
But it’s smokey bars and dancehalls One more song y’all our last call I’m giving it all I got like it courses through these veins I hear the applause as the last note rings But it’s playing for ghosts and empty rooms It’s a tale about a dream waiting on a fool Until then I’m trying to keep My tip jar half full
Cause man I’m trying to keep this dream alive When that song hits just right I got the whole crowd singing to a song that I wrote I feel the tears well up on the high notes
‘Cause man this is what I love this is what I do There’s still a dream out there waiting on this fool Until then I’m trying to keep I’ll keep picking on these strings Until then I’m trying to keep My tip jar half full