Starlight

The biker gang’s asleep now

at the midnight motel six

And I’m walking to the doughnut shop

to get my late night fix

I’m halfway across the country

feeling like I need to cry

Jealous of your pillow,

and the starlight by your side

The guy who wipes the counter says

he works the overnight

Me, I’m a singer in a traveling band,

always playing in the lights

He said, “That must be such a thrill”

but I don’t feel satisfied

I say I miss my girl at home

and the starlight by her side

She’s the kind of girl who’ll feed

the hunger in your soul

And pick your broken pieces up

and try and make you whole

When she walks into a crowded room,

you will know she has arrived

‘Cause her dress should be arrested

and there’s starlight by her side

But the road we take could turn

down the desert of despair

I’ve told her time and time again,

but she insists she does not care

‘Cause lovers live through fire and war

the truest ones survive

Even on the darkest night,

she got starlight by her side

So a doughnut and a coffee

for a dollar and fifty cents

And therapy thrown in for free

that’s the best my money’s spent

And as I walked back to the Motel six,

I seen a vision of my bride

Dancing in the reception hall

with starlight by her side