Whiskey Blues Guitar Lounge | Smooth Slow Blues for Midnight Moments

[music] [music] >> Funny thing about time. >> [music] >> It keeps moving. Even when you don't.

>> [music] [music] [music] >> I still walk the same [music and singing] old sidewalk. I've been walking all my life. >> [music] >> But the record store's a coffee shop now.

And the diner closed last July. >> [music] >> The kids all wear their headphones. Staring down at little screens.

[music] Nobody's listening to the jukebox. Nobody knows what the blues means. [music] The train still rolls through Chicago.

>> [music] >> Like it did back in the day. But every face I used [music] to recognize has slowly slipped away. [music] The city GOT YOUNGER.

WHILE I GOT [music] OLD. The buildings got taller. While my grew [music] cold.

The streets keep changing like [music] the river always knew. The city got [music] younger and I got left behind by [music and singing] you. This bar used to stay open till the [music] sun came crawling in.

Now the music's louder [music] than the people and >> [music] >> I sit beneath the same neon sign >> [music] >> with this old guitar on my knee. Sometimes I wonder if this city [music] remembers anything of me. >> [music] >> The bartenders half my age now.

Calls me sir with a friendly grin. Lord, I remember when [music] his father used to let me play for tips. >> [music] >> THE CITY GOT YOUNGER WHILE I got [music] old.

THE SKYLINE KEPT RISING WHILE MY HANDS [music] lost hold. THE LIGHTS SHINE BRIGHTER BUT somehow I can't [music] see through. The city got younger and I got left behind too.

>> [music and singing] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> But baby, that's the way of rivers. Maybe that's the way of rain. >> [music] >> Every generation leaves its footprints, then disappears [music] again.

Maybe someday some old dream will sit right where I sit tonight, >> [music] >> watch another brand new Chicago glow beneath the city [music] lights. THE CITY GOT YOUNGER, >> [music] >> BUT I'M STILL HERE. Still singing these stories with every [music] passing year.

AND THOUGH THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING, there's one thing [music] that's still true. These old blues keep breathing, [music] long after me and you. >> [music] >> The rain keeps falling, the train [music] keeps rolling, the city keeps moving on, >> [music and singing] >> and I'll keep playing until [music] the last song's gone.

>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> The funniest thing [music] about time it keeps moving. >> [music] >> Even when you don't. I still walk [music] the same old sidewalk I've been walking all my life.

>> [music] >> But the record store's a coffee shop now and the diner [music] closed last July. The kids all wear their headphones >> [music] >> staring down at little screens. Nobody's [music] listening to the jukebox.

Nobody knows what [music] the blues means. The train still rolls through Chicago >> [music] >> like it did back in the day. But every face [music] I used to recognize has slowly slipped [music] away.

The city got younger while I >> [music] >> got old. The buildings got taller while my stories grew cold. The streets keep changing [music] like the river always new.

The city got younger >> [music] >> and I got left behind. >> [music] >> Funny thing about time. >> [music] >> It keeps moving.

>> [music] >> Even when you don't. >> [music] [music] >> I still walk the same [music] old sidewalk I've been walking all my life. >> [music] >> But the record store's a coffee shop now.

And the diner closed last July. >> [music] >> The kids all wear their headphones. >> [music] >> Staring down at little screens.

Nobody's listening to [music] the jukebox. Nobody knows what the blues means. >> [music] >> The train still rolls through Chicago.

LIKE IT DID BACK IN the day. [music] BUT EVERY FACE I USED TO [music] recognize has slowly slipped away. The city got YOUNGER >> [music] >> WHILE I GOT OLD.

>> [music] >> The buildings got taller while my stories [music] grew cold. The streets keep changing like [music] the river always moved. The city got younger [music] and I got left behind by you.

>> [music] >> This bar used to stay open till the sun [music] came crawling in. NOW THE MUSIC'S LOUDER than the people and nobody [music] really listens. I sit beneath the same neon sign with this old guitar on my knee.

Sometimes [music] I wonder if this city remembers anything of me. THE BARTENDERS HAVE [music] MY AGE NOW call me sir with a friendly [music] grin. Lord, I remember when his father used to let me play [music] for tips.

THE CITY GOT YOUNGER >> [music] >> WHILE I GOT OLD. THE SKYLINE KEPT rising >> [music] >> while my hair has lost hold. The lights SHINE BRIGHTER BUT SOMEHOW I can't see [music] through.

The city got a younger AND I GOT LEFT BEHIND, TOO. >> [music] [music] [music] >> But maybe that's [music] the way of rivers. MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY OF RAIN.

>> [music] >> Every generation leaves its footprints and [music] disappears again. Maybe someday [music] some old dreamer will sit right where I sit tonight watching another [music] brand new Chicago glow beneath the city lights. [music] THE CITY GOT A YOUNGER BUT I'M STILL [music] HERE.

Still singing these stories >> [music] >> with every passing year. And though the world keeps turning there's one [music] thing that's still true. These old [music] blues keep breathing long after me and you.

>> [music] >> The rain keeps falling. >> [music] >> The train keeps rolling. >> [music] >> The city keeps moving on.

And I'll [music] keep playing until the last song is gone. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir [music] your coffee. Three slow circles, then you're done.

I know the songs [music] that make you smile. And the ones that make you [music] run. I know the scar above your shoulder the one nobody [music and singing] else can see and every little piece of your story like it somehow belonged to me.

>> [music] >> Years kept drifting by like river water AND I NEVER ASKED for more. I JUST STAYED RIGHT WHERE YOU [music] LEFT ME standing by the door. I was the man beside you through every high >> [music] >> and every fall the first one that you'd call at midnight the last ONE YOU'D CALL LOVE AT ALL.

>> [screaming] [music] >> I carried every broken dream every tear your [music] eyes went through and somewhere along the way I gave my whole heart to you. >> [music] >> I watched you fall for strangers watched them come [music] and go [singing] watched you hand them pieces [music and singing] of the love I wanted most and every time they left YOU CRYING >> [music] >> YOU'D FIND YOUR WAY back here to this old bar and this old guitar >> [music] >> and the man who's always near. You [music] rest your head upon my shoulder AND FOR A [music] I BELIEVED that maybe someday you'd see [music] me the way I SEE YOU.

I WAS THE man beside you [music] through every high and every fall. The first [music] one that you called at midnight. The last one you CALLED AT ALL.

>> [screaming] [music] >> I CARRIED EVERY BROKEN DREAM. Every tear your eyes went through. Somewhere along THE WAY >> [music] >> I GAVE MY WHOLE HEART >> [music] >> TO YOU.

>> [music] [music] [music] >> Then tonight beneath these neon shadows while the rain ran down [music] the glass I finally saw the truth between us. A truth that always passed. You loved [music] the peace I gave you.

THE SAFETY OF MY HANDS. >> [music] >> But your heart was always traveling to some [music] other distant land. I [screaming] WAS THE MAN beside you, BUT NEVER THE ONE INSIDE YOUR SOUL.

Just [music] the harbor where you'd anchor before another tide [music] would roll. And though it breaks me to admit it, some dreams [music] were never meant come true. I spent [music] half my life loving you, and you never even knew.

>> [music] >> The train rolls through the [music] city. THE BARTENDER TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS, >> [music] >> and I'm still sitting where you left me. >> [music] >> One more Chicago night.

>> [music] >> One more whiskey. One more song. >> [music] >> One more memory of you.

>> [music] >> Fade out. >> [music] [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir your coffee. I [music] know the way you stir your coffee.

I know the way you stir your coffee. Three slow [music] circles, then you're done. I know [music] the songs that make you smile and the ones that make you run.

I know the scar [music] above your shoulder, the one nobody else [music] can see. And every little piece of your story, like it [music] somehow belonged to me. Years kept drifting by like [music] river water, and I never asked for more.

I JUST STAYED RIGHT where you [music] left me, standing by the door. >> [music] >> I was the man beside you through every high and every [music] fall. First one that you called at [music] midnight, the last one you'd call love at all.

I carried [music] every broken dream. Every tear your eyes went through. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir your coffee.

>> [music] >> Three slow circles, [music] then you're done. I know [music] the songs that make you smile. And the ones that make you run.

>> [music] >> I KNOW THE SCAR ABOVE YOUR SHOULDER. >> [music] >> The one nobody else can see. [music] And every [music] little piece of your story.

[singing] Like it somehow belonged to me. Years [music] kept drifting BY LIKE RIVER WATER. AND I NEVER asked for more.

[music] I JUST STAYED RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME. Standing by the door. I WAS THE MAN BESIDE YOU.

Through every high and [music] every fall. >> [music] >> The first one that you'd call at midnight. >> [music] >> The last one you'd call love at all.

[music] >> [music] >> I carried every broken dream. Every [music] tear your eyes went through. And somewhere along the [music] way, I gave my whole heart to you.

I watched you fall [music] for strangers. Watched them come and go. [music] >> [music] >> Watched you hand them pieces >> [music] >> of the love I wanted [music] most.

AND EVERY TIME THEY left [music] you cried. You'd find your way back here. To this [music] old bar and this old guitar.

And the man who's always there. >> [music] >> You'd rest your head upon my shoulder. AND FOR A MOMENT I believed [music] that maybe someday you'd see me the way I see you.

>> [music] >> I was the man beside you. >> [music] >> Through every high and every fall. [singing] >> [music] >> The first one that you call [music] at midnight.

THE LAST ONE YOU'D [music] CALL LOVE >> [screaming] >> AT ALL. I CARRIED [music] EVERY BROKEN DREAM. Every tear your eyes went [music] through.

And somewhere ALONG THE WAY >> [music] >> I GAVE MY WHOLE [screaming] HEART TO YOU. >> [music] [music] >> Then tonight beneath these >> [music] >> neon shadows while the rain RAN DOWN THE GLASS >> [music] >> I FINALLY saw the truth between us. A truth that always passed.

[music] You loved the peace I gave you. The safety of my hands. [music] But your heart was always traveling >> [music] >> to some other DISTANT LAND.

[singing] I WAS THE MAN BESIDE YOU. >> [music] >> BUT NEVER THE ONE INSIDE YOUR SOUL. >> [music] >> Just the harbor where you'd anchor before another tide would roll.

And though [music] it breaks me to admit it, some dreams were never meant to come [music] true. I spent half my life loving you. And you never even knew.

The train rolls through the city. THE BARTENDER turns off [music] the lights. And I'm still sitting where you left me.

One more Chicago night. [music] One more whiskey. One more [music] song.

One more memory [music] of you. My eyes. >> [music] >> I know the way you stir your coffee.

[music] Three slow circles, then you're done. I know the songs [music] that make you smile. And the ones that make you run.

>> [music] >> I know the scar above your shoulder. The one nobody else can [music] see. And every little piece of your story.

>> [music] [music] >> Every Friday at the same old [music] bar, YOU'D SLIDE into the seat next to mine. [music] Talk about the dreams you were chasing [music] and the men that wasted your time. >> [music] >> I'd listen until the whiskey vanished, till the neon lights began to fade.

You'd smile and say, "You're such a good man. " >> [music] >> Lord, that's the price I paid. I was ALWAYS THERE when [music] you were broken, always there when the night got cold.

But some stories never become love, no matter how that's told. I was [music] the shoulder, never the embrace. The safe place, never the destination.

[music] The man who stayed through every storm without a single [music] invitation. You held my hand when you needed strength, but never when your heart was free. >> [music] >> I was everything [singing] you needed, except [music] the man you wanted me to be.

I drove across the city at midnight >> [music] >> when your world was falling apart. >> [music] >> Picked up every shattered piece >> [music] >> while hiding my heart. You'd call me when the tears [music] would fall.

When another promise came undone. Then you'd run back to somebody [music] else. AND I'D still be the one.

[music] Funny how love can stand [music] so close. And still remain unseen. Like a train passing through [music] the station.

Without stopping in between. [music] I was a shoulder, never the embrace. The safe place, never the destination.

[music] The man who stayed through every storm. [music] Without a single invitation. You held my hand [music] when you needed strength.

But never when your heart was free. >> [music] >> I was everything you [singing] needed. Except the [music] man you wanted me to be.

>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Maybe I loved the idea [music] of someday. More than I loved the truth. Maybe [music] I kept chasing your shadow.

long after I knew [music] that some doors never open some stars never fall >> [music] >> and some hearts keep a room for you but never give you the heart I was the shoulder never the [music] embrace the lighthouse never the show the man who waited by the window while you [music] walked through someone else's door and THOUGH I STILL [music] HEAR YOUR laughter echo softly [music] through my mind I'm finally learning to leave [music] that dream behind >> [music] >> The rain still falls on Chicago the whiskey [music] still burns slow and for the first time [music] in a long long while I'm letting you go [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [screaming] >> Lord another rainy night >> [music] >> And that chair still empty. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> The kitchen light is burning softly. [music] Just the way you used to leave it on.

I poured two cups [music] of coffee this morning. Then remembered you [singing] were gone. [music] Your photograph sits by the window.

Watching [music] over this old room. And every clock keeps ticking [music] louder. Since silence learned to bloom.

I STILL REACH ACROSS the bed at midnight. Searching for your [music] hand in the dark. But all I find is cold [music] empty sheets.

And shadows without a heart. That chair across the [music] table. Still waits for you every night.

>> [music] >> Like somehow you'll walk through that doorway. >> [music] >> And everything will be all right. >> [music] >> But the rain keeps falling on Chicago >> [music] >> and the years keep moving on.

That chair across the table knows you're gone. I went down to our favorite [music] blues bar sat beneath the neon glow. The bartender [music] asked where you've been lately.

I JUST LOOKED DOWN at my glass [music] real slow. The band was playing our song the one that made you smile. And for a moment I could almost see you [music] dancing there a while.

>> [music] >> Then the music faded into silence and reality came [music] walking in. Some wounds don't ever heal completely [music] they just learn where they have been. THAT CHAIR ACROSS THE TABLE [music] still waits for you every night >> [music] >> like somehow YOU WALK THROUGH THAT doorway and everything [music] will be all right.

But the rain keeps falling [music] on Chicago and the years keep moving on. That chair across the table knows you're gone. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Last night [music] I DREAMED I HEARD you laugh like you used to years ago.

>> [music] >> You said, "Baby, stop your crying. >> [music] >> It's all right to let me go. " I woke [music] UP WITH TEARS UPON MY PILLOW, THE DAWN BREAKING through the rain.

[music] For the first time since I lost [music] you, I whispered your name without pain. >> [music] >> THAT CHAIR ACROSS THE table >> [music] >> will always be part of me. >> [music] >> The river that keeps on flowing toward an endless [music] sea.

And though my heart still misses [music] you more than these words can say, I know I'll see your smile again some sweet day. >> [music] >> The coffee's cold. The rain still [music] falls.

But your love remains. >> [music] [music] >> Fade out. >> [music] [music] >> Fade out.

>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> The kitchen light is burning [music] softly. And the letter chair still empty. >> [music] >> The kitchen light is burning softly.

Just the way you used to leave it on. >> [music] >> I poured two cups of coffee this morning. >> [music] >> Then remembered you were gone.

YOUR PHOTOGRAPH sits by [music] the window watching over this old room. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir [music] your coffee. Three slow circles, then you're done.

>> [music] >> I know the songs that make you smile and the ones that make [music] you run. I know the scar above your shoulder, [music] the one nobody else can see, and every [music] little piece of your story like it somehow belonged to me. >> [music] >> Years kept drifting by like river water, and I never asked for more.

I JUST STAYED [music] RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT ME, STANDING BY THE DOOR. >> [music] >> I was the man beside you through every high and every fall. The first [music] one that you'd call at midnight, THE LAST ONE YOU'D CALL LOVE AT ALL.

I carried [music] every broken dream, every tear your eyes went through, [music] and somewhere along the way I gave my whole heart to you. >> [music] >> I watched you fall for strangers. Watched them [music] come and go.

[singing] Watched you hand them pieces of the love I wanted most. [music] And every time they left YOU CRYING, YOU'D FIND YOUR WAY back [music] here to this old bar and this old guitar and the man who's always near. >> [music] >> You rest your head upon my shoulder >> [music] >> AND FOR A MOMENT I believed that maybe someday you'd [music] see me the way I SEE YOU.

>> [music] >> I WAS THE MAN beside you through every high and every fall. [music] The first one that you'd call at midnight. THE LAST ONE you'd call love IT ALL.

I CARRIED EVERY BROKEN [music] DREAM. Every tear your eyes went [music] through. Somewhere along THE WAY >> [music] >> I GAVE MY WHOLE HEART to you.

>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> There's a knife beneath these neon shadows while the rain ran down [music] the glass. Finally saw the truth between us. A truth that always passed.

>> [music] >> You loved the peace I gave you. The safety of my hands. >> [music] >> BUT YOUR HEART was always traveling to some [music] other distant land.

I [screaming] WAS the man BESIDE YOU BUT NEVER THE ONE INSIDE [music] YOUR SOUL. Just the harbor where you'd ANCHOR >> [music] >> BEFORE ANOTHER TIDE would roll. And though it breaks [music] me to admit it some dreams were never meant [music] to come true.

I spent half my life loving you. And you never even knew. >> [music] >> The train rolls through THE CITY.

THE BARTENDER [music] TURNS OFF the lights. And I'm still sitting [music] where you left me. One more Chicago night.

>> [music] >> One more whiskey. One more song. >> [music] >> One more memory of you.

[music] >> [singing] >> Fade out. >> [music] [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir your coffee. [music] I know the way you stir your coffee.

>> [music] >> I know the way you stir your coffee. Three slow circles, then [music] you're done. I know the songs that make you smile [music] and the ones that make you run.

>> [music] >> I know the sky above your shoulder, the one nobody [music] else can see. And every little piece of your story, like it somehow belonged [music] to me. Years kept drifting by like river water, and I never asked for more.

>> [music] >> I just stayed right where you left me, standing by the door. I was the man beside you [music] through every high and every fall. The first [music] one that you called at midnight, the last one you called love at all.

I carried every broken dream, [music] every tear your eyes went through. >> [music] [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir [singing] your coffee. Three slow circles, [music] then you're done.

>> [music] >> I know the songs that [singing] make you smile and the ones that make you run. >> [music] >> I KNOW THE SCAR ABOVE YOUR SHOULDER, the one nobody else can [music] see. >> [music] >> And every little piece of your story like it [music] somehow belonged to me.

Years kept drifting by LIKE A RIVER WATER AND I NEVER [music] ASKED FOR MORE. I JUST STAYED RIGHT WHERE [music] you left me. STANDING BY THE DOOR.

>> [screaming] >> I WAS THE MAN beside [music] you through every [music] high and every fall. The first one that [music] you'd call at midnight. THE LAST ONE you'd call love at all.

>> [music] >> I carried every broken [music] dream. Every tear your eyes went through. And somewhere [music] along the way I gave my whole heart to you.

>> [music] >> I watched you fall for strangers. >> [music] >> Watched them come and go. >> [music] >> Watched you hand them pieces [music] of the love I wanted most.

>> [music] >> AND EVERY TIME they left [music] you crying, you'd find your way back here to this old bar and this old guitar and the man who's always near. >> [music] >> You'd rest your head upon my shoulder and for a moment [screaming] I believed >> [music] >> that maybe someday you'd see me the way I see you. >> [music] >> I was the man beside you through every high and every fall.

[music] The first one that you called and goodnight. THE LAST ONE you'd call love at all. [music] I [music] CARRIED EVERY BROKEN DREAM, every tear your eyes went through.

And somewhere ALONG THE WAY I [screaming] GAVE MY WHOLE HEART TO YOU. >> [music] >> THEN TONIGHT [music] beneath neon shadows while the rain RAN DOWN THE [music] GLASS I FINALLY SAW the truth between [music] us a truth that always passed. You loved the peace [music] I gave you the safety of my hands but your [music] heart was always traveling to some other distant land.

>> [screaming] >> I WAS THE MAN beside you BUT NEVER [music] THE ONE INSIDE YOUR SOUL. Just the harbor where you'd anchor >> [music] >> before another tide would roll. And though it breaks me to [music] admit it some dreams were never meant to come true.

I spent half my life [music] loving you and you never even knew. With the train [music] rolling through the city the bartender turns [music] off the lights and I'm still sitting where you left me. One more Chicago [music] night one more whiskey one more song >> [music] >> one more memory [singing] of you.

Fade out. >> [music] >> Mhm. >> [music] [music] >> I know the way you stir your coffee.

Three slow circles, [music] then you're done. I know the songs that make you smile. And the ones [music] that make you run.

I know [music] the scar above your shoulder. The one nobody else can see. >> [music] >> And every little piece of your story.

I hear that train tonight. >> [music] >> ROLLING BY THE RIVER. >> [music] >> LORD, she's gone.

>> [music] [music] [music] >> Rain keeps falling on the window. >> [music] >> Like it ain't got nowhere else to go. >> [music] >> Got a half-full bottle on the counter.

And a heart that's moving slow. [music] The river's black beneath the city. >> [music] >> Neon lights dance on the waves.

>> [music] >> I still see your reflection, darling. In every memory that remains. [music and singing] THIS OLD GUITAR KNOWS ALL MY SECRETS.

[music] EVERY SCAR AND EVERY LIE. >> [music] >> And every note I play this evening SOUNDS LIKE ONE MORE GOODBYE. THERE'S A LAST TRAIN by the river.

Blowing smoke into the night. >> [music] >> And every wheel keeps turning. LIKE MY TROUBLES holding tight.

The whiskey [music] burns a little colder than it did when you were mine. There's a last train by the river. [music] And I'm running out of time.

Down at Charlie's little blues [music] bar. Ain't nobody talking [music] much. Just the sound of old men [music] drinking.

AND MEMORIES I CANNOT TOUCH. YOUR FAVORITE [music] stool sits empty now. BESIDE THE JUKEBOX near the wall.

AND EVERY TIME THAT DOOR SWINGS open >> [music] >> I still expect your call. But [music] the station keeps on breathing and the city don't stand still. Somewhere [music] out beyond the darkness LIFE IS CLIMBING UP THAT HILL.

THERE'S A LAST train by the river [music] blowing smoke into the night. >> [music] >> The never wheel keeps turning like my troubles holding tight. [music] The whiskey burns a little colder >> [music] >> THAN IT DID WHEN YOU WERE MINE.

>> [music] >> There's a last train by the river and I'm running out of time. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Then the crowds began to open >> [music] >> and the moon slipped through the rain. I something [music] deep inside me loosen up its rusty chains.

Maybe [music] love ain't meant forever. Maybe hearts are built to [music] bend. Maybe every lonely journey needs a road that never ends.

>> [music] >> THERE'S A LAST TRAIN BY THE RIVER, >> [music] >> BUT I AIN'T AFRAID TONIGHT. >> [music] >> I CAN HEAR TOMORROW CALLING THROUGH THE DARKNESS AND THE LIGHT. >> [music] >> The whiskey's almost gone now, AND THE PAIN DON'T FEEL THE SAME.

[music] The last train by the [music] river can't carry all my blame. [music] Rain keeps falling by the river, >> [music] >> but the storm has moved along. >> [music] >> And somewhere down that railroad, I'm finally singing a different song.

Fade out. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I hear that train tonight. >> [music] >> Rolling by the river.

Lord, she's gone. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Rain keeps falling on the window. [music] Like it ain't got nowhere else to go.

Got a half full bottle [music] on the counter. And a heart that's moving slow. The river's black beneath the city.

>> [music] >> Neon lights dance on the waves. I still see your reflection, [music] darling. In every member that remains This old [music] guitar knows all my secrets Every scar and every line >> [music] >> And every note I play this evening sounds LIKE ONE MORE GOODBYE THERE'S A LAST train [music] by the river Blowing smoke [music] into the night And every wheel keeps turning [music and singing] like my troubles holding tight >> [music] >> The whiskey burns a little colder Than it did when you were [music] mine There's a last train by the river And I'm running out of time Down at Charlie's little blues [music] bar Ain't nobody talking much >> [music] >> Just the sound of old men drinking And memories I cannot touch Your favorite stool sits empty now [music] Beside the jukebox near the wall And every [music] time that door swings open I still expect [music] your call But the station keeps on breathing >> [music] >> And the city don't stand still Somewhere out beyond THE [music] DARKNESS, LIFE IS CLIMBING UP THAT HILL.

There's [music] a last train by the river blowing smoke into [music] the night. And every wheel keeps turning like my troubles [music] holding tight. THE WHISKEY BURNS A LITTLE COLDER [music] THAN it did when you were mine.

There's a last [music] train by the river and I'm running >> [music] >> out of time. >> [music] [music] >> THEN THE CLOUDS BEGIN [music] TO OPEN AND the moon slipped through the rain. I felt [music] something deep inside me loosen up [music] its rusty chains.

Maybe love ain't meant [music] forever. Maybe hearts are built to bend. [music] Maybe every lonely journey >> [music] >> needs a road that never ends.

THERE'S A LAST TRAIN BY THE RIVER but I ain't afraid [music] tonight. I can hear tomorrow [music] calling through the darkness and the light. [music] The whiskey's almost gone now and the pain don't feel the same.

[music] That last dream by the river [music] can't carry all my blame. >> [music] [music] >> Rain keeps falling by the river but the storm [music] has moved along. Somewhere down [music] that railroad, I'M FINALLY SINGING A DIFFERENT SONG.

>> [music] >> Hand fade out. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Used to be a line outside the doorway. People waiting just to hear [music] me play.

Every Friday night this room was crowded. Back when time [music] still knew my name. The lights were brighter in those days.

[music] The whiskey tasted young and sweet. Now the bar tends to stack [music] the chairs up early. And echoes [singing] fill the empty seats.

>> [music] >> This old guitar still remembers every song [music] and every town. Funny how the strings keep singing long after [music] the crowd's gone down. Nobody calls my name [music] anymore.

[singing] Nobody asks for one more song. >> [music] >> The city's still alive outside these windows, but somehow I don't belong. The train [music] keeps rolling through Chicago like it always used to do.

Nobody calls my name anymore. [music] Except these old blues. >> [music] >> I see my picture on the back wall covered halfway by [music] the years.

Dust collecting on forgotten stories and faded [music] souvenirs. SOME OF THE BOYS I PLAYED BESIDE are buried underneath the clay. And some nights I swear [music] I hear them LAUGHING WHEN THE BAND begins to play.

>> [music] >> Maybe every road gets lonely. Maybe every star burns out. >> [music] >> But there's still a little fire inside me now.

Nobody [music] calls my name anymore. Nobody waits outside [music] the door. The neon glows upon the wet streets, [music] but they don't know me anymore.

The train [music] keeps rolling through Chicago just beyond the pouring rain. [singing] And nobody [music] calls my name anymore. >> [music] >> But I still play.

>> [music] [music] >> Tonight a young man stopped [music] beside me. Said, "Sir, I love way you play. For a moment [music] I felt 20 years younger, like yesterday.

>> [music] >> Maybe fame was never mine to keep. Maybe that's [music] all right. Cuz these blues still live inside [singing] me >> [music] >> every single night.

>> [music] >> NOBODY [screaming] CALLS MY name anymore, but these strings [music] still know my soul. And every scar inside this old guitar still helps me carry on. The train keeps [music] rolling through Chicago, and tomorrow comes the same.

[music and singing] Maybe nobody calls my name >> [music] >> anymore, but I'll still play [music] one more song, >> [music] >> one more night, one more blues. [music] Hey, oh. >> [music] >> Ooh.

>> [music] [music] >> Lord. >> [music] >> another rainy night, and the chair still empty. >> [singing] [music] [music] [music] >> The kitchen light is burning softly, just the way [music] you used to leave it [singing] on.

I poured [music] two cups of coffee this morning, then remember you were gone. >> [music] >> Your photograph sits by the window, >> [music] >> watching over this old room. And every clock [music] keeps ticking louder since [music] silence learned to bloom.

I still reach [music] across the bed at midnight, >> [music] >> searching for your hand in the dark, BUT ALL I FIND is cold, empty sheets, >> [music] >> and shadows without a heart. >> [screaming] [music] >> THAT CHAIR ACROSS THE TABLE >> [music] >> still waits for you every night. >> [music] >> Like somehow you walked through that doorway >> [music] >> and everything will be all right.

>> [music] >> But the rain keeps falling on Chicago. >> [music] >> And the years keep moving on. >> [music] >> That chair across the table knows you're gone.

I went down to our favorite blues bar. Sat beneath the neon glow. [music] The bartender asked where you've been lately.

>> [music] >> I just looked down at my glass real slow. [singing] THE BAND WAS PLAYING OUR OLD SONG. >> [music] >> THE ONE that made you smile.

>> [music] >> And for a moment I could almost see you dancing [music] [singing] there a while. >> [music] >> Then the music faded into silence. And reality [music] came walking in.

Some [music] wounds don't ever heal completely. >> [music] >> They just learn where they have been. THAT CHAIR ACROSS THE TABLE [music] still waits for you every night.

>> [music] >> Like somehow you'll walk through that doorway >> [music] >> and everything will be all right. >> [music] >> But the rain keeps falling on Chicago and the years keep moving [music] on. That chair across the table [music] knows you're gone.

>> [music] [music] >> Last [music] night I dreamed I heard you laughing like [music] you used to years ago. [singing] You said, "Baby, stop your [music] crying. It's all right to let me go.

" >> [music] >> I WOKE UP WITH TEARS UPON my pillow. The dawn breaking through the [music] rain. For the first time since I lost [music] you, I whispered your name [singing] WITHOUT [music] PAIN.

THAT CHAIR ACROSS THE TABLE will always be part of [music] me. Like the river that keeps on flowing >> [music] >> toward an endless sea. >> [music] >> And though my heart still misses you, more than these [music] words can say, I know I'll see your smile >> [music] >> again some sweet day.

Mhm, [music] the coffee's cold. The rain still falls, but your love remains. >> [music] [music] [music] >> Lord, another rainy night >> [music] >> and that chair still empty.

>> [music] >> The kitchen light is burning softly, [music] just the way you used to leave it on. >> [music] >> I poured two cups of coffee this morning, >> [music] >> then remembered you were gone. Your photograph sits by the window.

>> [music] >> Watching over this old room.