Every Plate a Little History

Verse 1

Pencil down on the page tonight

Somebody's dinner from a town I've never seen

A dumpling folded in Shanghai rain

Or a taco sold from a truck at three

I trace the steam before it disappears

Pre-Chorus

Tell me where it started

Tell me who first stirred the pot

Was it hunger or a holiday

That taught a country what it's got

Chorus

Draw it slow

Draw it kind

Every plate's a little history

Every bite a different time

Draw it slow

Draw it true

I'll tell you how it tastes

If you tell me something too

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Tell me something too

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Tell me something too

Verse 2

Your story lands in my inbox late

A roommate who forgot to feed the cat

A haunted hallway in a rented flat

I read it twice and sketch a bowl of rice

Then say it back to you like it was mine

Pre-Chorus

I keep the lines between us clear

No names no numbers no addresses here

Just the funny parts

Just the tender parts

Chorus

Draw it slow

Draw it kind

Every plate's a little history

Every bite a different time

Draw it slow

Draw it true

I'll tell you how it tastes

If you tell me something too

Bridge

Comedy comedy slice of life

Fluff and fright in a tidy pile

Clip it short then stack it high

Sort it by the way it made you smile

Chorus

Draw it slow

Draw it kind

Every plate's a little history

Every bite a different time

Draw it slow

Draw it true

I'll tell you how it tastes

If you tell me something too

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Tell me something too

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

Tell me something too