Horseshoe Lounge - Slaid Cleaves

Ricky got the quarters for the table and broke

While I pulled hard on the sorrow and smoke

Raising up my bottle I looked for a chance

As you set your glass down on the bar with a glance at me

Down at the Horseshoe Lounge

Shuffleboard and neon light

Down at the Horseshoe Lounge

Cigarettes and whiskey tonight

Ricky said 'She's out of your league, let her go'

As I watched you pick your partner on that old dance floor

I know it didn’t work out the first time we tried

But I’d do anything to have you by my side again

Down at the Horseshoe Lounge

Peel the label off a Miller light

Down at the Horseshoe Lounge

I sit here thinking 'bout you every night

Were you the one who faltered

Was I the one who strayed

Maybe God left us out of the plans he made

So here’s to missed beginnings and things that never start

For these are the ghosts that run around in my heart

When I see that where I’m going isn’t where I want to be

I get the urge to look you up see if you would come and meet me

Down at the Horseshoe Lounge

Peel the label off a miller light

Down at the Horseshoe Lounge

I sit here thinking 'bout you every night

Ricky got the quarters for the table and broke

While I pulled hard on the sorrow and smoke