Songs for Jane

Verse 1

We left the crusts beside the basket Green gingham spread beneath the sun You handed me the heel of bread Some habit we never plan to lose

Chorus

Jane, you make the plain days easy Nothing fancy, nothing rushed There's a calm that comes with sitting near you Jane, I'd choose this over gold again

Verse 2

The birds came for what we left behind You laughed and brushed the crumbs away I watched your hands instead of sky Happy just to stay right where we lay

Pre-chorus

No one's writing songs about a picnic But something in this quiet holds me still I feel it building, plain and true

Chorus

Jane, you make the plain days easy Nothing fancy, nothing rushed There's a calm that comes with sitting near you Jane, I'd choose this over gold again

Bridge

Some folks need the mountain and the view I just need the basket and the grass Some folks chase a feeling that won't stay I already found it, sitting here with you

Chorus

Jane, you make the plain days easy Nothing fancy, nothing rushed There's a calm that comes with sitting near you Jane, I'd choose this over gold again

Outro

The crusts are gone, the basket's empty Still I wouldn't trade a single crumb

Verse 1

Four tins of soup stacked crooked next to a box of parsley nothing about it was tidy but you made it look easy

Pre-chorus

I watch you in the small things the way you hum while you're working something is building in me

Chorus

Jane, you steady me like nothing else can you're the calm behind my eyes plain as bread and twice as kind Jane, you never needed to try

Verse 2

You never asked to be easy you just always were the parsley wilting in its box you didn't seem to care

Bridge

I've loved you in the ordinary in the mess we never planned this is not a grand thing it's just you, close at hand

Chorus

Jane, you steady me like nothing else can you're the calm behind my eyes plain as bread and twice as kind Jane, you never needed to try

Outro

Those tins are long since eaten but you're still here, still mine

Verse 1

A grey sock hangs on the rusted latch Left there since the morning rain Small thing that nobody else would catch But it says your name to me again

Chorus

Jane, you steady me like nothing else You and I, we don't need to explain Some folks chase the wind and bells But I would choose you, Jane, again

Verse 2

I've watched you move through ordinary rooms Making plain things feel like gain You hum some tune that lifts the gloom And I forget the world outside the pane

Pre-chorus

No grand words, no aching speech Just you, still here, still plain And that's the truth I'm trying to reach

Chorus

Jane, you steady me like nothing else You and I, we don't need to explain Some folks chase the wind and bells But I would choose you, Jane, again

Bridge

Through the loud years and the low Through the sun and through the strain You're the constant thing I know The hand I reach for in the rain

Chorus

Jane, you steady me like nothing else You and I, we don't need to explain Some folks chase the wind and bells But I would choose you, Jane, again

Outro

That sock still hangs there by the door And I love you plainer than before