Crossfire Video (MV)

[Verse 1]
Late night shadows dance on empty walls
Down at Murphy's where the last call falls
Daddy's badge and timecard in a box
Twenty years of service hit the rocks
Damn suits up in their ivory cage
Cuttin' jobs like turnin' through a page

[Chorus]
Caught in the crossfire, baby
Where smoke meets steel
Numbers don't show you
Just how much we feel
In the crossfire, darlin'
Where dreams get burned
Some lessons in life
Just can't be learned

[Verse 2]
Whiskey burns but keeps the truth alive
While downtown boys in suits still thrive
Mama's prayin' at the kitchen sink
Papa's pride won't let him stop to think
About the mortgage and the bills to pay
Pride's a luxury that slipped away

[Bridge]
They say pull yourself up
By your bootstraps, man
But they've never walked a mile
In these old man's hands
Every corner turned
Shows another door that's closed
In this dirty game
Where the house always knows

[Verse 3]
Now I'm playin' jazz in smoky bars
While fat cats cruise in fancy cars
But there's wisdom in these blues I play
'Bout the price that honest folks still pay
System's rigged but we keep rollin' on
Till the last sweet note of night is gone

[Chorus]
Caught in the crossfire, baby
Where smoke meets steel
Numbers don't show you
Just how much we feel
In the crossfire, darlin'
Where dreams get burned
Some lessons in life
Just can't be learned

[Outro]
So pour another bourbon, slow and neat
While this old sax bleeds out on Bourbon Street
'Cause in the end we're all just rollin' dice
In this game of smoke and sacrifice
Hell, at least the music still rings true
When all the fancy promises fall through