Love Songs for Dorothy

• Green Walls and Waiting

  Country waltz · Country · Waltz · Pedal steel

  A quiet country waltz about steady, plain love, found in the middle of a hospital hallway wait. Fits new love, old love or love that has simply lasted.

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  Verse 1

  A plastic cup shakes on the tray green walls hum under the light I count the tiles down the hall just to keep your face in sight

  Pre-chorus

  I don't need the words to be grand I just need you here when it's hard this waiting would break me alone

  Chorus

  Dorothy, you steady my hands Dorothy, you carry my name even here on this cold floor you make the waiting feel tame

  Verse 2

  The linoleum echoes our steps two cups going cold on the tray I forget every worry I had when you look at me that way

  Chorus

  Dorothy, you steady my hands Dorothy, you carry my name even here on this cold floor you make the waiting feel tame

  Bridge

  Some loves are loud and they burn fast ours moves slow, ours moves true I'd sit on this floor for a year if it meant I sat here with you

  Chorus

  Dorothy, you steady my hands Dorothy, you carry my name even here on this cold floor you make the waiting feel tame

  Outro

  The cup still shakes on the tray but my hand has stopped, next to yours

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• Empty Flask

  Cinematic strings · Cinematic · Strings · Swelling

  A quiet love song built from the last minutes of a picnic, for anyone who feels most loved in the ordinary, unhurried moments.

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  Verse 1

  You fold the napkins the wind undid and hand me the flask with nothing left I watch you laugh at what we did and love you plainer than I've ever said

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing grand about this field no reason the day should hold but I'm not ready to yield

  Chorus

  Dorothy, stay a while longer here the grass will keep, the light's not gone you make the ordinary clear I'd choose this quiet over anyone

  Verse 2

  You chase a napkin across the lawn and lose, and laugh, and let it go I think of all the years since drawn and how you're still the one I know

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing grand about this field no reason the day should hold but I'm not ready to yield

  Chorus

  Dorothy, stay a while longer here the grass will keep, the light's not gone you make the ordinary clear I'd choose this quiet over anyone

  Bridge

  Empty flask, worn out grass two names nobody else would guess this is how the good years pass in small things I would never let go

  Chorus

  Dorothy, stay a while longer here the grass will keep, the light's not gone you make the ordinary clear I'd choose this quiet over anyone

  Outro

  The last napkin gives up and flies I'm still here, watching you, watching the sky

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• Under the One Lamp

  Slow R&B · R&B · Electric piano · Smooth

  A quiet, steady love song for Dorothy, built from a streetlight and wet leaves, that says plainly how much she is loved.

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  Verse 1

  I walk home slow just to feel it One lamp flickers, and I sit with it Wet leaves catch under my shoe Every step of it brings me to you

  Pre-chorus

  I could stand here in the cold all night Waiting on that one weak light Just to say what I mean

  Chorus

  Dorothy, you're the warm in this street Dorothy, steady under my feet No one else makes the dark feel this kind You're the light I keep coming to find

  Verse 2

  You laughed once under a flickering bulb Told me the cold never really dulls How you feel when you're standing near I've kept that close for a year

  Pre-chorus

  I could stand here in the cold all night Waiting on that one weak light Just to say what I mean

  Chorus

  Dorothy, you're the warm in this street Dorothy, steady under my feet No one else makes the dark feel this kind You're the light I keep coming to find

  Bridge

  Some loves need a spotlight, loud and wide Ours just needs one flickering guide You never asked for more than this Just my hand and a slow kind of bliss

  Chorus

  Dorothy, you're the warm in this street Dorothy, steady under my feet No one else makes the dark feel this kind You're the light I keep coming to find

  Outro

  The leaves still stick where we once stood You made that corner feel like home for good

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