Love Songs for Duncan

• Under the Awning

  Folk duet · Folk · Harmony · Two voices

  A quiet folk duet about standing close through a sudden downpour, and how one person makes shelter feel like more than just staying dry. Fits new love, old love, any kind that holds steady.

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  Verse 1

  Rain came fast and caught us out Standing here with nothing to shout Brick wall warm against my back Your shoulder finds the same small gap

  Pre-chorus

  Umbrellas folded, we don't need them now Water's dripping off the gutter somehow But I'm not watching that, I'm watching you

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the reason I don't run Rain can fall till the storm is done Every quiet place turns into somewhere good When you're the one I'm standing with

  Verse 2

  Cars go past and spray the kerb Nobody else has said a word But you laugh soft and lean in near And that's the only sound I hear

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the reason I don't run Rain can fall till the storm is done Every quiet place turns into somewhere good When you're the one I'm standing with

  Bridge

  Doesn't matter how the weather turns However long this shelter lasts I've learned that home's not walls or roofs It's whoever's stood there when it's bad

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the reason I don't run Rain can fall till the storm is done Every quiet place turns into somewhere good When you're the one I'm standing with

  Outro

  Let the gutters keep on dripping slow I'm not going anywhere you go

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• Yellow Light

  Country waltz · Country · Waltz · Pedal steel

  A quiet country waltz about coming home to somebody, built from the simple sight of a lit window through the trees. Good for steady, lasting love, new or old.

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  Verse 1

  I walk the tarmac path alone Under the trees where the dark has grown Then I see your window burning gold And I know I'm nearly home

  Pre-chorus

  That light was always yours to keep It finds me when the street's asleep And something in my chest gives way

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the reason I run Home past the trees to find the one Steady as the rising sun Duncan, my work is never done

  Verse 2

  Some nights I don't say very much I just sit close enough to touch You put the kettle on again And that's the whole of us

  Pre-chorus

  That light was always yours to keep It finds me when the street's asleep And something in my chest gives way

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the reason I run Home past the trees to find the one Steady as the rising sun Duncan, my work is never done

  Bridge

  I've loved you plain, I've loved you slow Through every year I didn't know Where else was I going to go

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the reason I run Home past the trees to find the one Steady as the rising sun Duncan, my work is never done

  Outro

  The window's lit, the path is clear I'm nearly there, I'm nearly here

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• Two Spoons

  Cinematic strings · Cinematic · Strings · Swelling

  A quiet, sincere love song for Duncan, built from a small moment of two spoons left together on a busy counter, that works whether the love is brand new or long and steady.

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  Verse 1

  Two spoons rest on a crowded tray Nobody else would think them a pair But I could pick yours out any day Just by the way it's sitting there

  Pre-chorus

  It's never the big loud proof I need It's small things sitting close and still And every one of them says

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the calm in the noise Some things just fit, the way we do London could lose all its sun can And I'd still be steady with you

  Verse 2

  The counter's crowded, cups pushed tight But we don't get lost in all that mess I find you easy, in bad light I know your shape from all the rest

  Pre-chorus

  It's never the big loud proof I need It's small things sitting close and still And every one of them says

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the calm in the noise Some things just fit, the way we do London could lose all its sun can And I'd still be steady with you

  Bridge

  Not everyone gets to be chosen so plain Not everyone gets to be sure But I knew you the way you know rain Before it has touched the door

  Chorus

  Duncan, you're the calm in the noise Some things just fit, the way we do London could lose all its sun can And I'd still be steady with you

  Outro

  Leave the spoons where they lie, don't move them I'll still be right here, next to you

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