Silent Gardens

You left your boots beside the stairs

The evening tangled in your hair

I moved the books and made some room

You watched the kettle fill with steam (mmmmm)

We let the day fall where it fell

You smiled before you said a thing

Stay a little longer Let the evening settle in

There's a quiet we can keep When the world gets loud again

I can

hear you in the kitchen

Humming something out of tune

And the life I thought was missing

Is a small room next to you

We used to talk of moving west

Of all the places we'd love best

Now there's a garden by the fence

And your old coat across my chair

Some dreams have changed

along the way

Some found a place in every day

Stay a little longer Let the evening settle in

There's a quiet we can keep When the world gets loud again

I can hear

you in the kitchen

Humming something out of tune

And the life I thought was missing

Is a small room next to you

I know the years will change this place The paint,

the walls, our tired faces

But when you turn to say my name

I want to feel this way again

Stay a little longer Let the evening settle in

There's a quiet we can keep

When the world gets loud again

I can hear you in the kitchen

Humming something out of tune

And the life I thought was missing

Is a small room next to you

Stay a little longer

I'll make some room for you