Sorted and Kept
Style: Folk duet

[Verse 1]
Dust on my fingers, boxes on the floor
I click the dividers into their place
Old sleeves of paper, nothing left to sort
But I'd know your handwriting anywhere on the page

[Pre-chorus]
Everything else got faded or thrown away
But you stayed clear through all of it somehow
I'm not done looking, not by a long way

[Chorus]
Marilyn, you're the one thing I kept
Not for the shine, just because you're true
Through every year I lost or slept
Nothing came close to loving you

[Verse 2]
Some folders empty, some crammed too tight
Labels gone soft with the years they've seen
I stopped to hold one up to the light
And there you were, right where you'd always been

[Chorus]
Marilyn, you're the one thing I kept
Not for the shine, just because you're true
Through every year I lost or slept
Nothing came close to loving you

[Bridge]
Everything else, I could let it go
The rest was only paper, only dust
But you're the one thing I still know
The only sleeve I never had to trust

[Chorus]
Marilyn, you're the one thing I kept
Not for the shine, just because you're true
Through every year I lost or slept
Nothing came close to loving you

[Outro]
I'll close the box and leave the rest behind
You're the only thing worth going back to find

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