Roses in the Rain

Intro – soft, vintage vocals

Summer on the dashboard

Your hand against my knee

The radio was playing

Something just for you and me

Verse 1

You wore that old white T-shirt

The one you left at mine

We drove until the coastline

Turned silver in the light

You said we'd never be those people

Who let the good thing die

I watched the cigarette burn down

And believed you for a while

Now there's a photograph

I keep inside a book

You look like someone I could love

If I don't know how you look

Chorus – sweeping, melancholic

You were pretty when it hurt

Like roses in the rain

I kept calling it forever

You kept calling it a phase

And I loved you like a movie

With an ending I could change

Now the credits keep on rolling

And I'm still saying your name

Verse 2

Your mother liked my perfume

Your sister liked my dress

You said I was the only girl

Who ever knew you best

But you were gone by October

And I was still in June

Living in the little things

That never made it through

I pass the old motel

Where we stayed that July

The sign is missing letters

Like the promises you tried

Chorus

You were pretty when it hurt

Like roses in the rain

I kept calling it forever

You kept calling it a phase

And I loved you like a movie

With an ending I could change

Now the credits keep on rolling

And I'm still saying your name

Bridge – orchestral build

Maybe I loved the sadness

Maybe I loved the chase

Maybe I just wanted

To be somebody you would save

But darling, I remember

The way you held my face

Before the love got complicated

Before we turned to strangers

Final Chorus – full strings and harmonies

You were pretty when it hurt

Like summer turning gray

I kept calling it forever

You were already halfway away

And I loved you like a movie

That I watched a thousand times

Now the screen is going black

And you're still running through my mind

Outro – fading vocals

Summer on the dashboard

Your hand against my knee

You were pretty when it hurt

You were pretty when it hurt

Mmm