Ivory Moon Motel

The vacancy sign glowed pale blue Beyond the county line with a desert view A cigarette fading in a paper cup The radio whispered, then I gave it up Room seventeen smelled like rain and stone Like somebody waiting, still all alone I traced your name on the dusty glass Like every promise we thought would last The moon was hanging low tonight White as an old photograph Ivory moon motel Somewhere between heaven and goodbye Ivory moon motel Leave the light on like it was tonight Every light still burning Every shadow knows my name Ivory moon motel Nothing here has ever changed A lonely suitcase by the wall The neon humming through the hall A pair of headlights crossed the blinds Then disappeared into the night The clock beside the bed stood still Like time itself had missed a turn Outside the desert held its breath Waiting for something to return The moon was hanging low tonight White as an old photograph Ivory moon motel Somewhere between heaven and goodbye Ivory moon motel Leave the light on like it was tonight Every light still burning Every shadow knows my name Ivory moon motel Nothing here has ever changed Maybe we're only passing through Maybe the road remembers us Maybe the stars above this place Know every version that we were Maybe the night keeps every word We never found the way to say Maybe that's why I came back here And why I couldn't walk away Ivory moon motel Somewhere between heaven and goodbye Ivory moon motel Leave the light on like it was tonight Every light still burning Every shadow knows my name Ivory moon motel Nothing here has ever changed Leave the light on like it was tonight Leave the light on like it was tonight The vacancy sign glowed pale blue Just before the morning came