You, Slower Please

Verse

Steam is curling off the cup you left half full

The ceiling fan turns lazy like it's got nowhere to pull

Your sandal's on the tile, one strap undone

Six a.m. light coming soft across the front room

Pre-Chorus

Don't reach for your keys yet

Don't let the clock win

Can we stay right here a minute

Before the day rushes in

Chorus

You, slower please

Let the coffee turn to something we don't need

Hold this like a photograph, don't let it leave

You, slower please

Verse

The record's on the last groove, spinning without sound

Your fingers trace a circle on the coffee-stained table's edge

I'm counting freckles like they're constellations found

Above the kitchen window, past the hedge

Pre-Chorus

Don't reach for your keys yet

Don't let the clock win

Can we stay right here a minute

Before the day rushes in

Chorus

You, slower please

Let the coffee turn to something we don't need

Hold this like a photograph, don't let it leave

You, slower please

Bridge

I know the streetlights will call you back

The world don't wait for two hearts on a Sunday track

But I'll fold this hour like a paper crane

Keep it in my pocket through the rain

Chorus

You, slower please

Let the coffee turn to something we don't need

Hold this like a photograph, don't let it leave

You, slower please

You, slower please