[Intro]

Knock three times…

wait for the jazz to start…

Room 27 only opens

for the lonely heart

[Verse 1]

Down the stairs, neon halo

Late-night heels and marble shadows

Bartender knows my usual lie

“Just one drink, I’m doing fine”

There’s a band with tired gold

Playing songs that sound like smoke

I sit pretty, cross my knees

Break so gracefully

[Pre-Chorus]

At table two they’re falling in love

At table five they’ve had enough

At the bar a girl like me

Pretends she likes the company

The trumpet cries, the glasses shine

Someone laughs to pass the time

I wear a smile stitched on too tight

And flirt with Friday night

[Chorus]

Room 27, spin me slow

Where sad girls learn to steal the show

Red lips, blue lights, velvet air

Everybody’s lost in there

Room 27, hold me close

Pour me another beautiful dose

If hearts can break and still look fun

Then play that song till morning comes

[Post-Chorus]

Da-da-da… swing with danger

Da-da-da… kiss a stranger

Round and round the record runs

Love is loud, then love is gone

[Verse 2]

Waiter slips a note in white

“Baby, leave with me tonight”

I laugh softly, fold it twice

Wrong men always come polite

Mama used to say beware

Pretty rooms with empty chairs

Now I hear her in the bass

Warmth without a face

Outside, dawn begins to bloom

Inside, I’m still in Room 27

Learning how to toast the pain

And wear it like champagne

[Pre-Chorus]

The piano leans into the blue

Like it knows what I’ve been through

Every chord pulls at my sleeve

Begging me not to leave

One more dance, one more pretend

One more almost-lover friend

One more night to glamorize

The tears behind my eyes

[Chorus]

Room 27, spin me slow

Where sad girls learn to steal the show

Red lips, blue lights, velvet air

Everybody’s lost in there

Room 27, hold me close

Pour me another beautiful dose

If hearts can break and still look fun

Then play that song till morning comes

[Bridge]

I don’t need a diamond ring

Just a voice that means something

I don’t need the room to cheer

Just one soul that stays right here

But the saxophone knows the game

Call my body, miss my name

So I dance till I forget

What I still regret

[Final Chorus]

Room 27, fade to gold

Where young hearts act a little old

Red lips smudged, but standing tall

I gave this night my all

Room 27, lights come through

The morning tells a harder truth

Still I smile and tip my chin

I’ll probably come back in

[Outro]

Knock three times…

hear the last note run…

Room 27 loves you most

when you’re undone