Between the Rain
Style: Jazz standard

[Verse 1]
Red fabric caught between two knuckles
holding on so nothing spills
you angle it to keep me dry
and never mind the chill

[Pre-chorus]
I never asked you for the shelter
you just leaned in, calm and keen
now look what standing close has started

[Chorus]
Irene, you keep the weather off me
softer than a tambourine
steady as a heart between beats
nothing calms me like Irene

[Verse 2]
We walk slower than we need to
stretching out the in between
you talk low so I lean closer
that's the trick you always mean

[Pre-chorus]
I never asked you for the shelter
you just leaned in, calm and keen
now look what standing close has started

[Chorus]
Irene, you keep the weather off me
softer than a tambourine
steady as a heart between beats
nothing calms me like Irene

[Bridge]
No grand storm, no big scene
just your hand and the space between
that's the whole of it, Irene

[Chorus]
Irene, you keep the weather off me
softer than a tambourine
steady as a heart between beats
nothing calms me like Irene

[Outro]
Fabric folded, rain long finished
still I feel you holding on

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