Songs for Rhonda

Verse 1

A wooden shaker, stack of napkins nothing on this counter shines but I keep looking over at you and everything feels right on time

Pre-chorus

Nobody would call this a big moment but I'm not built for grander scenes this is the one I choose

Chorus

Rhonda, I could sit here for hours just watching how the light lands no need to dress it up or hide it Rhonda, I'm glad you're who I found

Verse 2

The coffee's gone cold in the cup the napkins are still in their pile you're talking about nothing much and I could listen for a while

Bridge

Some people need the fireworks I just need this table, this noise you passing the salt without a word that's the whole of it, that's my choice

Chorus

Rhonda, I could sit here for hours just watching how the light lands no need to dress it up or hide it Rhonda, I'm glad you're who I found

Outro

The shaker's still there on the counter and so, somehow, are we

Verse 1

A price tag peels from the corner curling soft where the cardboard bends I nearly missed you in that crate but some things find you in the end

Pre-chorus

I wasn't looking for anything rare just killing time in a dusty row then I saw you there

Chorus

Rhonda, I found you in the pile like something no one else could see you were worth more than they knew, Rhonda and now you're worth the world to me

Verse 2

Other sleeves got tossed aside dog eared, faded, torn at the seam but you stayed whole under all that dust like you'd been waiting inside my dream

Bridge

Some things get marked down for nothing some things just get overlooked I'm glad nobody else wanted you first

Chorus

Rhonda, I found you in the pile like something no one else could see you were worth more than they knew, Rhonda and now you're worth the world to me

Outro

That sticker's long gone from the corner but I kept you, and that's enough

Verse 1

The concrete's grey under my feet Fluorescent tubes buzz overhead But there's a strip of painted yellow And it's brighter since you said

Pre-chorus

I used to walk right past it Never noticed where it led Now I can't stop looking

Chorus

Rhonda, you make the grey concrete shine Like that yellow line, plain to see You don't need to try or wander You're the brightest thing near me

Verse 2

Some lights flicker, some just die out Some paint fades before the spring But you keep steady, keep on holding Simple as a bell that rings

Pre-chorus

I used to walk right past it Never noticed where it led Now I can't stop looking

Chorus

Rhonda, you make the grey concrete shine Like that yellow line, plain to see You don't need to try or wander You're the brightest thing near me

Bridge

No need for gold, no need to ponder There's enough light in what's true Amanda might have hers, and Wanda But I only ever needed you

Chorus

Rhonda, you make the grey concrete shine Like that yellow line, plain to see You don't need to try or wander You're the brightest thing near me

Outro

Still that strip of yellow paint Still you, steady, still the same