Sweating Cups
Style: Motown ballad

[Verse 1]
Two cups on a green railing
Both of us too warm to speak
You told me some story trailing
And I forgot the coffee week

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing about that day was grand
But you were easy in my hand
And something in me had to say

[Chorus]
Phyllis, you're the calm I chose
No malice ever in your eyes
Steady as a garden rose
You're the reason mornings rise

[Verse 2]
The ice was melting down the cup
We watched it slide and pool and stall
You didn't rush to pick it up
You let the quiet hold it all

[Pre-chorus]
I've known noise that never spoke
I've known love that felt like smoke
But you just sat there, plain and true

[Chorus]
Phyllis, you're the calm I chose
No malice ever in your eyes
Steady as a garden rose
You're the reason mornings rise

[Bridge]
Years might come and change the weather
Cups grow cold, we sit here still
No palace built could hold us better
Than this railing, come what will

[Chorus]
Phyllis, you're the calm I chose
No malice ever in your eyes
Steady as a garden rose
You're the reason mornings rise

[Outro]
The railing's cold, the cups long gone
Your hand's still warm, and I hold on

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