Spell It Out Slow

Verse 1

Clear as a morning that never quite broke

A clue that I carried for so many years

Held in your laughter the second you spoke

One name on a mailbox that dried up my tears

Pre-Chorus

Spell it out slow

Like the wind through the pines

C then an A

Then the rest of my mind

Chorus

C is the courage to finally lay low

A is the answer I'd whisper at night

T is the turning I never let go

H is the hollow you left in the light

Y is the year that I finally said no

And signed it right there with your name

Verse 2

Came down the gravel with mud on my boots

Asked every stranger who'd give me the time

You were the riddle I pinned to the roots

Honey you know it was always the climb

Pre-Chorus

Say it again

Like a prayer on my tongue

Letter by letter

'Til the whole thing is sung

Chorus

C is the courage to finally lay low

A is the answer I'd whisper at night

T is the turning I never let go

H is the hollow you left in the light

Y is the year that I finally said no

And signed it right there with your name

Bridge

I wrote it in dust on the tailgate glass

Fading to nothing but still it was clear

Five little letters that somehow would last

Longer than any old memory round here

Chorus

C is the courage to finally lay low

A is the answer I'd whisper at night

T is the turning I never let go

H is the hollow you left in the light

Y is the year that I finally said no

And signed it right there with your name