Songs for Lorraine

Verse 1

Fluorescent light, and the night gone cold Grease on the paper, warm as gold You tear it open, hand it half to me That's how you love, plain to see

Pre-chorus

Nothing fancy, nothing framed Just your name and mine, unashamed Something's building, and it wants out

Chorus

Lorraine, you make the small things hold You turn the cheap light into gold Lorraine, I'd stand here in the rain Just to feel this warm again

Verse 2

Your fingers red from holding on Mine go quiet when yours are gone We split the last bit down the seam You always give me more than half, it seems

Bridge

No candles, no big speech Just steam rising where our hands still meet This is all the proof I need

Chorus

Lorraine, you make the small things hold You turn the cheap light into gold Lorraine, I'd stand here in the rain Just to feel this warm again

Outro

The bag's gone cold, but I don't mind Your hand in mine, that's the whole design

Verse 1

Cotton on the line, swaying slow Nothing fancy in that easy flow Just a wooden pin holding on That's how my love for you tends to go

Chorus

Lorraine, you settle every storm in me Steady as the line, that's what you'll be Nothing about you needs the sun's applause Lorraine, you're the calm I've come to need

Verse 2

Some folks chase the loud and the bright I'll take you in that porch light Plain as morning, sure as noon You never had to put up a fight

Pre-chorus

I don't need the wind to prove it's there I just feel it moving through the air Something steady, reaching, calling me back to

Chorus

Lorraine, you settle every storm in me Steady as the line, that's what you'll be Nothing about you needs the sun's applause Lorraine, you're the calm I've come to need

Bridge

No grand gesture, no dressed up scene Just you, plain and true, in between The ordinary days that hold the most

Chorus

Lorraine, you settle every storm in me Steady as the line, that's what you'll be Nothing about you needs the sun's applause Lorraine, you're the calm I've come to need

Outro

That pillowcase still moves without a sound This is how I'll always call you home

Verse 1

The bulb above keeps flickering out I don't mind waiting in the cold You said you'd come on the last train Somehow I trust exactly what you told

Chorus

Lorraine, you make the waiting easy I'd sit on this bench again Nobody else feels like a station Nobody else feels like Lorraine

Verse 2

I've watched a hundred trains pull in Learned the shape of your walk from far You never rush to reach me faster You just arrive like you know where you are

Pre-chorus

I hear the wheels before I see you Every time it feels brand new There's a hum that starts inside me

Chorus

Lorraine, you make the waiting easy I'd sit on this bench again Nobody else feels like a station Nobody else feels like Lorraine

Bridge

You could be an hour late I'd still be glad I stayed This light keeps flickering on and off But you don't fade

Chorus

Lorraine, you make the waiting easy I'd sit on this bench again Nobody else feels like a station Nobody else feels like Lorraine

Outro

The bulb still flickers, soft and slow I'd wait here for you, however long