[Verse 1]
A corner dive down on the square
Where the windows hang with a neon flare
Regulars shoot horse and pool
While the barmaid wishes the place half full
She works the jar with a discount flirt
A faded Houston Oilers shirt
While an old crow sings down on the stage
Thumbin' the chords on a crinkled page
He plays his Zevon tune
Beneath the gulf moon
[Verse 2]
Take a walk down along the wall
You'll go right on past the carnival
Hand in hand with the keeper kind
The kind that ties to the ties that bind
Don't care for the carnie man
Or the fortune teller that reads your hand
They just beeline for a bungalow
Where the curtains flutter and candles glow
In the heart of June
Beneath the gulf moon
[Bridge]
And here I'm on a midnight porch
Lookin' up at a butane torch
That hangs behind a black expanse
Where stars flicker and planets dance
And it's probably time I pack it in
With a glass half-full of Jameson
Well, I was born to croon
I might as well, 'neath the gulf moon
A corner dive down on the square
Where the windows hang with a neon flare
Regulars shoot horse and pool
While the barmaid wishes the place half full
She works the jar with a discount flirt
A faded Houston Oilers shirt
While an old crow sings down on the stage
Thumbin' the chords on a crinkled page
He plays his Zevon tune
Beneath the gulf moon
[Verse 2]
Take a walk down along the wall
You'll go right on past the carnival
Hand in hand with the keeper kind
The kind that ties to the ties that bind
Don't care for the carnie man
Or the fortune teller that reads your hand
They just beeline for a bungalow
Where the curtains flutter and candles glow
In the heart of June
Beneath the gulf moon
[Bridge]
And here I'm on a midnight porch
Lookin' up at a butane torch
That hangs behind a black expanse
Where stars flicker and planets dance
And it's probably time I pack it in
With a glass half-full of Jameson
Well, I was born to croon
I might as well, 'neath the gulf moon
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