Last Table by the Window Verse 3

Genre: International Mainstream Contemporary Soul-Pop Tempo: 100 BPM Time Signature: 4/4 Key: Provisional — to be selected with the melody Vocal: Female solo — warm, distinctive mezzo-soprano Mood: Bittersweet, intimate, elegant, restrained, quietly powerful --- INTRO Two cups, one empty chair, Your coat still hanging there. VERSE 1 The waiter brings our usual order, Then looks away before we speak. You draw a line across the napkin, I watch the rain run down the street. The piano misses half a measure, The clock is running five minutes slow. You tell me spring has come early, As if that's all I need to know. PRE-CHORUS No one to blame, no need to fight, The room grows dim around the light. We both know what we came to say, But let the minutes slip away. CHORUS At the last table by the window, We let the afternoon grow thin. You say the world is getting warmer, I ask you how you've been. No slammed doors, no broken glasses, No scene for strangers to recall. Just two people sharing silence, Knowing that is all. POST-CHORUS Last table by the window, Where the afternoon grew thin. Last table by the window, Where the quiet settled in. VERSE 2 You fold the sugar packet neatly, I turn the teaspoon in my hand. You ask if I still play the old song, I say, "Sometimes, when I can." Your hand moves closer to the centre, Then stops before it reaches mine. Outside, a little girl is laughing, As if the rain were there to play. PRE-CHORUS No one to blame, no need to fight, The room grows dim around the light. We both know what we came to say, But let the minutes slip away. CHORUS At the last table by the window, We let the afternoon grow thin. You say the world is getting warmer, I ask you how you've been. No slammed doors, no broken glasses, No scene for strangers to recall. Just two people sharing silence, Knowing that is all. POST-CHORUS Last table by the window, Where the afternoon grew thin. Last table by the window, Where the quiet settled in. BRIDGE We were more than how it ended, More than what we couldn't say. I can keep the good between us And still walk away. I won't turn us into strangers Just to make the leaving clean. Somewhere in this little café, We were everything we seemed. FINAL CHORUS At the last table by the window, We let the afternoon grow thin. You say the world is getting warmer, I ask you how you've been. No slammed doors, no broken glasses, No scene for strangers to recall. Just two people sharing silence, Knowing that is all. FINAL POST-CHORUS Last table by the window, Where the afternoon grew thin. Last table by the window, Where the quiet settled in. OUTRO Two cups, one empty chair, Your coat is no longer there. ---