Songs for Joan

Verse 1

Pegs drop soft into the basket Sheets are waving, wide and slow Simple work with you beside me Nothing fancy, nothing shown

Pre-chorus

You make ordinary days feel steady Every little thing gets easy And I keep leaning toward what's coming

Chorus

Joan, you're the calm I've always known Nothing loud, just deep and true Some folks search their whole lives, roaming I already found it, found it in you, Joan

Verse 2

Years could pass or just this morning Doesn't change what's plainly grown You're the warmth that needs no warning The one truth I've always known

Bridge

No grand words, no wide gesture Just this life we've built alone Line by line and peg by peg, sure This is home and you're its stone

Chorus

Joan, you're the calm I've always known Nothing loud, just deep and true Some folks search their whole lives, roaming I already found it, found it in you, Joan

Outro

Sheets still wave against the evening Joan, I'm glad I'm standing here with you

Verse 1

The bag went through before we noticed warm grease soaking through the paper traffic kept on rushing past us you just laughed and called it proper

Pre-chorus

No candles and no fancy plates just cheap food and a damp seat but something here won't let me go

Chorus

Joan, you make the ordinary hold you turn the cheapest hour to gold however small the thing we've done with you it feels like we have won

Verse 2

Cars kept splashing through the puddles napkins failing at their one job you wiped your hands and kept on talking like nothing here could be a problem

Bridge

I don't need the bench to be dry I just need you sitting close whatever mess the day has brought you're still the one I'd pick and chose

Chorus

Joan, you make the ordinary hold you turn the cheapest hour to gold however small the thing we've done with you it feels like we have won

Outro

The grease has soaked clean through the paper still I'd sit here, Joan, forever

Verse 1

Rain ran down the metal ribs Soaked right through my wool sleeve But you laughed like it was nothing And I felt it in my bones

Chorus

Joan, you're the one I lean on Steady as a good song Every time I say your name, Joan I mean it, I'm not alone

Verse 2

You pulled me closer to the striped roof Water dripping on the stone I wasn't thinking of the weather I was thinking you're my own

Pre-chorus

Some things get said too easy Some things take years to be shown This one I've always known

Chorus

Joan, you're the one I lean on Steady as a good song Every time I say your name, Joan I mean it, I'm not alone

Bridge

Let the whole sky open up Let it pour till it's thrown I'll stand here under any canopy As long as you're the one I'm with

Chorus

Joan, you're the one I lean on Steady as a good song Every time I say your name, Joan I mean it, I'm not alone

Outro

Long after the rain has gone I'll still be here, still your own