Love Songs for Constance

• Under the Plastic Roof

  Folk duet · Folk · Harmony · Two voices

  A quiet folk duet about steady love found in the small shelter of everyday moments, built from the sound of rain on a greenhouse roof.

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  Verse 1

  Rain finds the roof above us Steady like it's got a reason Seedlings hold their small green line You reach for my hand without fuss

  Pre-chorus

  I never needed the whole sky clear Just this narrow patch of dry Just you close and the rain building

  Chorus

  Constance, you're the calm in this Every storm feels like less risk Constance, hear it, it's no accident I'd take this over romance in a trance

  Verse 2

  You laugh when the thunder cracks I flinch, you don't even glance We've weathered louder than this Still you're steady, still by chance

  Chorus

  Constance, you're the calm in this Every storm feels like less risk Constance, hear it, it's no accident I'd take this over romance in a trance

  Bridge

  No grand gesture, no big advance Just your hand and this small chance Every drop finds where it lands So does my heart, again, again

  Chorus

  Constance, you're the calm in this Every storm feels like less risk Constance, hear it, it's no accident I'd take this over romance in a trance

  Outro

  The rain still finds that same tin roof You're still the one I'm certain of

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• Steady as You Go

  Country waltz · Country · Waltz · Pedal steel

  A plain, unhurried country waltz about the kind of love that stays put when everything else blows off the table, written for any Constance, new love or old.

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  Verse 1

  Napkins went loose on the grass Chasing the wind past the basket You just laughed and let them pass No need to chase what you can't ask it

  Pre-chorus

  I've watched the small things scatter Watched the wind take what it can But some things never matter Because of how this thing began

  Chorus

  Constance, you're the calm I chose Steady while the summer's dancing Everyone else comes and goes But you stay put, that's my Constance

  Verse 2

  Summer keeps on losing things Napkins, hours, whole afternoons Nothing holds when the wind sings But you were never one for swoons

  Chorus

  Constance, you're the calm I chose Steady while the summer's dancing Everyone else comes and goes But you stay put, that's my Constance

  Bridge

  Let the whole field blow away I'm not asking wind to slow I only need you here to stay The one thing certain that I know

  Chorus

  Constance, you're the calm I chose Steady while the summer's dancing Everyone else comes and goes But you stay put, that's my Constance

  Outro

  The grass will keep on letting go But I am holding on to you

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• Slow to Melt

  Synth ballad · Synth · Eighties · Wide

  A quiet synth ballad for Constance, about love that outlasts the moment it started in, steady rather than sudden.

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  Verse 1

  Ice sat warming on the radiator ledge Nobody moved it off the edge You watched it go from solid to clear Said that's us, love, disappearing here

  Pre-chorus

  But some things thin out slow Give their cold up nice and slow Holding steady while the warmth arrives

  Chorus

  Constance, you never rushed a single thing Not the melting, not the way you cling Constance, still here when the water's clear Steady is the sound of you, my dear

  Verse 2

  Plastic tumbler, nothing fancy at all Didn't need the crystal or the hall You make ordinary hold its shape However long the evening likes to take

  Bridge

  Some loves flash and burn out quick I chose the one that doesn't do that trick You're the kind that lingers, kind that lasts Warming slowly, holding fast

  Chorus

  Constance, you never rushed a single thing Not the melting, not the way you cling Constance, still here when the water's clear Steady is the sound of you, my dear

  Outro

  The tumbler's empty, water's warm and still You stayed right here, and always will

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