[Verse] Streetlight flickers on cracked pavement stones Strings hum low in this familiar tone Coins clatter soft, a rhythm for the night Faces pass by, fading out of sight [Pre-Chorus] Every chord’s a borrowed pain Every song a last refrain [Chorus] Play me out, my worn-out song Echoes of where I belong Underneath these neon skies Cover stories, truth disguised Play me out, till morning’s light Busker dreams in fading night [Verse] Shadows lean on bygone days, Melodies lost in smoky haze Hands bleed tunes that won’t be mine But rent’s due on borrowed time [Pre-Chorus] Every chord’s a borrowed pain Every song a last refrain [Chorus] Play me out, my worn-out song Echoes of where I belong Underneath these neon skies Cover stories, truth disguised Play me out, till morning’s light Busker dreams in fading night [Bridge] Silent prayers on cracked guitar strings Fighting for the song life never brings A face in the crowd that might understand The ghost of a man with an empty hand [Chorus] Play me out, my worn-out song Echoes of where I belong Underneath these neon skies Cover stories, truth disguised Play me out, till morning’s light Busker dreams in fading night [Outro] Play me out... Echoes of where I belong...