Lyrics
Intro
Mm
Mm-hmm
Oh-oh
Verse 1
My mother's recipe book is falling apart
I found it cleaning her apartment in June
The pages smell like dill and old paper
Her handwriting shakes on the second line
I never learned to cook the way she did
I always ordered out and said I was busy
Pre-Chorus
But the soup needs three hours
Not thirty minutes
The soup needs three hours
And I gave it nothing
Chorus
So I stand at her stove tonight
Chopping onions till my eyes run dry
Every tear is a small apology
For every dinner that I missed
I stir the pot and I call her name
But the kitchen only answers back with steam
So I stand at her stove tonight
Learning how to say goodbye
Verse 2
My daughter pulls a chair up next to mine
She asks me why I'm crying over carrots
I tell her grandma wrote this down for us
She reads the shaky letters with her finger
Then she takes the knife and asks me what to do
I put my hand on hers and we start again
Pre-Chorus
And the soup needs three hours
So we give it three hours
Yeah the soup needs three hours
And for once we have the time
Chorus
So we stand at her stove tonight
Chopping onions till our eyes run dry
Every tear is a small apology
For every dinner that we missed
We stir the pot and we call her name
And the kitchen answers back with steam
Yeah we stand at her stove tonight
Learning how to say goodbye
Bridge
She asks me what the second line says
I can't read it through the grease stain
We guess it says a pinch of salt
We guess it says a little patience
Maybe that's the whole thing
Maybe that's the whole recipe
A pinch of salt
A little patience
Instrumental Journey
Final Chorus
So we stand at her stove tonight
Chopping onions till our eyes run dry
Every tear is a small apology
For every dinner that we missed
We stir the pot and we say her name
And the kitchen fills with steam
Yeah we stand at her stove tonight
Learning how to say goodbye
Post-Chorus
Mm
Mm-hmm
Oh-oh
Say goodbye
Oh-oh
Outro
Three hours
We gave it three hours
She tastes it first
And says it's almost right
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