Cheap smoke clings to a leather stride
Steel eyes dare ya to step inside
(Ohhh)
Talk sweet like your mama taught
Switchblade tongue cuts what can’t be bought
Laughs ricochet off barroom walls
One wrong move and the whole house falls
Who craves fire but fears the spark
Dance close when the hounds bark
(Snarl low)
Bite the hand or the apple core—
Hunger’s gnawin’at your screen door
Good boy’s got a devil’s groove
Swing right where the singers move
(Howl howl)
Slick chrome heart with a junkyard soul
Dig that grave but won’t lose control
Fever dreams chase dollar fleet
Snake oil grin sells counterfeit truth
Moon howls backup to a cash-proof youth
(Yeah yeah)
Six-string groans through busted amps
Crowd sways drunk on locker-room cramps
Bluff called with a loaded stare
Last call sweat in the midnight air
Who tames wolves yet feeds ’em raw
Thread split ‘tween claw and law
(Growl growl)
Stolen kiss or a borrowed light—
Darkness licks at your porch tonight
Good boy’s got a heart to prove
Hunt the thrill that the saints remove
(Prowl prowl)
Rustbelt king with a paper crown
Burn the script but won’t settle down
Clock’s ticking like a coiled curse
Fool’s gold shines in a bone-dry purse
World turns on a grifter’s dime
Old ghosts waltz to a blood-track rhyme
Good boy’s got a river’s bend
Rushin’where the pretenders end
(Howl howl)
Sunset fades to a chain-link rust
Roar loud when the trackers bust
Scarred hands clutch what the wind don’t keep
Train wails fade into asphalt sleep