She Would've Said

Intro

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Verse 1

Found her letters in a shoebox

Underneath the attic stairs

Faded ink on yellow paper

Folded careful like a prayer

She wrote about the garden

And the way the morning came

Soft and slow across the window

Never once to place a blame

Pre-Chorus

And I can almost hear her

Humming by the kitchen door

A tune she used to carry

From the records on the floor

Chorus

She would've said take your time

She would've said don't you rush

She would've said hold the moment

Before the world becomes too much

She would've said love the small things

Like the rain against the glass

She would've said keep on walking

And let the days go passing past

Verse 2

Went to visit cousin Mary

Down by the old canal

She showed me grandmother's sitar

Hung upon the yellow wall

Played a note that drifted upward

Like a bird upon the breeze

Felt her fingers in the stillness

Moving slow between the trees

Pre-Chorus

And I can almost see her

Sitting by the evening light

Weaving all the colors

Into patterns overnight

Chorus

She would've said take your time

She would've said don't you rush

She would've said hold the moment

Before the world becomes too much

She would've said love the small things

Like the rain against the glass

She would've said keep on walking

And let the days go passing past

Bridge

Sometimes I hear the tambourine

And think I hear her laugh

Sometimes the tabla's rhythm

Splits my heart right in half

But she left me all these evenings

Every sunrise every sound

And the melody she carried

Keeps on spinning round and round

Chorus

She would've said take your time

She would've said don't you rush

She would've said hold the moment

Before the world becomes too much

She would've said love the small things

Like the rain against the glass

She would've said keep on walking

And let the days go passing past

Outro

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