White Keys

Intro

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Grandma's upright sat in the corner

Nobody played it since eighty-nine

I ran my thumb down the white keys

Found a chord that felt like mine

Dusty bench and a busted pedal

Every note slightly out of tune

Something loosened in my chest

Like a window in an empty room

Pre-Chorus

So I play it wrong

So I play it loud

So I play it till the neighbors know

Chorus

White keys only

Black ones scare me

White keys only

That's the shape of my song

White keys only

Simple as a Sunday

White keys only

I can't do this wrong

Post-Chorus

Na na na

Na na na

Oh-oh

Verse 2

My brother took the lessons

Took the trophy and the praise

I took the basement

And the quiet afternoons

Taught myself a melody

Half a step behind the tune

Now the family comes around

Asking how I made it sound so soon

Pre-Chorus

I still play it wrong

I still play it loud

I still play it till the neighbors know

Chorus

White keys only

Black ones scare me

White keys only

That's the shape of my song

White keys only

Simple as a Sunday

White keys only

I can't do this wrong

Bridge

Every wrong note is a door

Every door is a room

Every room has a window

And the window has a tune

Chorus

White keys only

Black ones scare me

White keys only

That's the shape of my song

White keys only

Simple as a Sunday

White keys only

I can't do this wrong

Post-Chorus

Na na na

Na na na

Oh-oh