Love Songs for Nell

• Water Still Running

  Folk duet · Folk · Harmony · Two voices

  A quiet folk duet about steady, unhurried love, built around the small sound of a tap left running while the phone waits on the table.

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  Verse 1

  The tap runs on and no one minds water finds the drain and goes you left the phone beside the sink some kind of calm only you know

  Pre-chorus

  I could call you just to hear you breathe no news, no reason, nothing to tell just your voice moving slow through the house and the sound of it starts to swell

  Chorus

  Nell, you make the waiting easy not one thing about you rushed I have loved you in the ordinary in the sink, in the dripping hush

  Verse 2

  You hum while the water keeps its time never chasing what the hour meant some love needs a reason to stay yours just settles where it went

  Bridge

  I don't need the phone to ring I have you moving round this room and that is its own kind of everything

  Chorus

  Nell, you make the waiting easy not one thing about you rushed I have loved you in the ordinary in the sink, in the dripping hush

  Outro

  The tap will run its course and stop and I'll still be here, loving you like that

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• Halfway Up the Wall

  Gospel soul · Gospel · Organ · Rising

  A quiet, plainspoken love song for Nell, built from one streetlight and one steady feeling; fits new love, old love, any kind that stays.

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  Verse 1

  Streetlight breaks against the brick Halfway up the empty road I walk slower when you're near Something in me finally slows

  Pre-chorus

  I've counted every shadow twice Waiting on the words to land Feels like I could tell you now

  Chorus

  Nell, you're the reason I stop and look Simple as a ringing bell Nobody else has ever held me still Nobody else but Nell

  Verse 2

  You lean against the same old wall Like you've got nowhere else to be I forget what I was saying When you turn and look at me

  Bridge

  No grand plan, no perfect timing Just this street and just this light You make the ordinary holy You make quiet feel like flight

  Chorus

  Nell, you're the reason I stop and look Simple as a ringing bell Nobody else has ever held me still Nobody else but Nell

  Outro

  The brick still holds the evening light And I still stop right where you fell

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• Two Damp Gloves

  Motown ballad · Motown · Strings · Classic

  A quiet Motown-style love song for anybody named Nell, built from a small shared moment that carries a lifetime of feeling.

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  Verse 1

  Bus shelter, metal bench, cold and slow Two damp gloves left there in a row You laughed and said they must be a pair I thought about you leaving mine there

  Pre-chorus

  I never needed much to feel this way Just you, beside me, ending the day Something in me starts to swell

  Chorus

  Nell, you're the warmth I didn't plan for Nell, you're the door I keep coming back for Simple as rain, steady as a bell Nobody holds my heart like you do, Nell

  Verse 2

  You don't need grand words or a big scene Just your hand finding mine in between The little things you do without a sound Are the reasons my whole world stays around

  Bridge

  No fireworks, no fuss, no chase Just you, steady, in my favourite place Some folks need the world to prove it's real We just need this quiet, and how it feels

  Chorus

  Nell, you're the warmth I didn't plan for Nell, you're the door I keep coming back for Simple as rain, steady as a bell Nobody holds my heart like you do, Nell

  Outro

  Somewhere there's a bench still holding on Like I hold you, long after the rain's gone

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