[Intro]
[Clipped boogie riff; amplifier switches click on one by one.]

[Male Vocal]
[Verse 1]
The club account was overdrawn,
The liquor check three weeks gone.
Joe spread the bills across the bar:
"This is what one last night will cost."
Mara called the lights and sound;
I called every tech in town.

[Pre-Chorus]
No velvet rope, no sponsor set,
Just maxed-out cards and nervous sweat.

[Chorus]
One more night on credit,
Stamp the date and don't forget it.
Set the amps and sweat the debt,
We're not finished with this room yet.
One more night, no safety net;
Let tomorrow come collect it.

[Verse 2]
We pawned the spare twelve-string guitar,
Borrowed cables from the bar.
Lou brought a van from '92,
Side door held by a strap of blue.
The printing man took beer for pay;
We taped wet flyers up by day.

[Pre-Chorus]
The bank said no; the band said, "Get it."
Put one more night on credit.

[Chorus]
One more night on credit,
Stamp the date and don't forget it.
Set the amps and sweat the debt,
We're not finished with this room yet.
One more night, no safety net;
Let tomorrow come collect it.

[Instrumental Break]
[Slide guitar and bass trade short stop-start phrases.]

[Breakdown]
[Gang Vocals]
Who's got the lights? We got the lights.
Who's got the van? Lou's got the van.
Who's got the cash? Nobody yet.
Who's got the nerve? You better bet.

[Bridge]
The city counts in square-foot rates,
Glass-front towers, coded gates.
We count the nights the ceiling shook,
Each crooked name in Joe's old book.

[Final Chorus]
One more night on credit,
Bring the old and don't forget it.
Bring the kids who missed the scene,
Bring the faces in between.
One more night, no safety net;
Let tomorrow come collect it.

[Outro]
Red ink ran through the rain.
Four days left; we named the date.
One more night on credit.