[Intro]
[Joe rings the brass bell; completed four-note motif answers.]

[Gang Vocals]
Last call! Last call!

[Male Vocal]
[Verse 1]
The doors gave way at twelve-oh-one,
Ninety-two beneath one roof.
Leather cracked and gray hair shone,
Young kids filmed on borrowed phones.
Mara's red guitar cut wide;
Tommy's low strings came up from below.

[Pre-Chorus]
Joe killed the house lights; red lamps burned.
Every face toward the stage turned.

[Chorus]
[Male & Female Duet]
They can't tare down the night,
Can't bulldoze a chord once it takes flight.
They can level every wall in sight,
But they can't tare down the night.
They can buy the door, the floor, the sign;
They can't buy this four-count time.

[Verse 2]
[Female Vocal — Jenny]
I took the second verse too fast,
Razor made the chorus last.
The vending machine shook hard
When forty boots came down by the bar.
No rooftop deal, no second take;
We played the song we couldn't fake.

[Chorus]
[Male & Female Duet]
They can't tare down the night,
Can't bulldoze a chord once it takes flight.
They can level every wall in sight,
But they can't tare down the night.
They can buy the door, the floor, the sign;
They can't buy this four-count time.

[Instrumental Break]
[Tommy's bass quotes the oldest riff; Mara and rhythm guitar answer.]

[Guitar Solo]
[Mara and Razor trade blues phrases over the completed motif.]

[Bridge]
[Gang Vocals]
Roxy! Jenny! Tommy!
Cheap Parade! Mercy! Razor Lee!

[Male Vocal]
Some went far and some stayed near.
Everybody left something here.

[Breakdown]
[Gang Vocals]
Tare down the room, not the night.
Kill every lamp, not the light.
Take every brick, take every sign.
You can't take this from our minds.

[Final Chorus]
[Male & Female Duet]
They can't tare down the night,
Can't bulldoze a chord once it takes flight.
They can level every wall in sight,
But they can't tare down the night.
When wrecking blades arrive at dawn,
This one night keeps carrying on.

[Outro]
At five sixteen, the last chord rang.
No one moved. No one sang.
Joe switched off the red bar light:
"They can tare down the room, but not the night."
