0025 Velvet Streets

(ahhh) Late light on the tabletop

Coffee ring and a half-turned page

I came in easy with the dust on my shoes Room full

of quiet and the old good news Kick on the two and

the snare sits low Words move slow where the warm keys glow

You lean back laughing with a tired grin Small talk fading and

the night walks in I tell my story like a match held

still No rush, no dazzle,

just a little will

Stay here a minute Let the record spin

We don't need thunder

To feel it settling in Easy now,

easy now Let the low light hold us somehow Easy now,

easy now

In the pocket where the heart slows down Easy now,

easy now

I can hear the truth in your half-smile now

Street sounds softened by the glass and rain Same old city with

a gentler name

I trace the rhythm with my thumb on wood Trying to say

what I never say good Your eyes say leave it,

let the silence work

Every small movement has a little curve So I lay truth in

a measured line Plain and close,

right on time

No grand scene, no borrowed shine

Just your breath keeping time with mine (ooh)

hold the space (ooh)

let it rise Easy now,

easy now Let the low light hold us somehow Easy now,

easy now

In the pocket where the heart slows down Easy now,

easy now I can hear the truth in your half-smile now Stay

with the groove till the room breathes out

Easy now (ahhh) Take it slow