Crumbs on the Blanket
Style: Gospel soul

[Verse 1]
Crumbs of pork pie on the blanket
Sun still warm where the day sank it
You laugh and brush them from your knee
And that small laugh undoes me completely

[Pre-chorus]
I don't need the grand or the golden
Just this quiet, this way of holding
Something is rising, it won't settle

[Chorus]
Ethel, you are steady and you're gentle
Simple as a kettle on the stove
Every plain thing turns to special
Ethel, it's you my whole heart chose

[Verse 2]
You fold the blanket, shake it twice
Save the last slice, call it my slice
Nothing about this hour was planned
But I would live in it if I can

[Bridge]
No metal could weigh more than this feeling
No ceiling higher than your name said soft
Whatever we are still becoming
I'm not leaving, I've counted the cost

[Chorus]
Ethel, you are steady and you're gentle
Simple as a kettle on the stove
Every plain thing turns to special
Ethel, it's you my whole heart chose

[Outro]
Crumbs still scattered on the red
Nothing wasted that your hands have fed

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