Lyric

Paper pale

Pencil thin

Little list

Little sin

Milk in blue

Bread in black

Want went out

Need came back

Tick tick

Click click

Cupboard mouth

Quick quick

I had a word

With a softer middle

I had a wish

With a sugar riddle

I made it small

I made it neat

Folded my feeling

Into receipt

I Wrote Milk Instead

Milk instead

Milk instead

White little lie

In a grocery thread

I Wrote Milk Instead

Milk instead

Milk instead

My mouth wanted more

But my hand kept ahead

Milk

Mint

Matches

Soap

Tea

Tins

Towels

Nope

Salt

Socks

Apples

Thread

Almost flowers

Milk instead

Shelf said yes

Cart said no

Fluorescent little

Let-it-go

I stood square

I smiled slim

Put the big want

Under skim

No big scene

No red light

Just a tiny wrong

Written right

No soft scream

No open door

Just one cold carton

Asking for more

I Wrote Milk Instead

Milk instead

Milk instead

White little lie

In a grocery thread

I Wrote Milk Instead

Milk instead

Milk instead

My mouth wanted more

But my hand kept ahead

Maybe I wanted a window

Maybe I wanted a name

Maybe I wanted a Sunday

Without making it plain

Maybe I wanted a pretty thing

Silly thing

Small bright thing

Maybe I wanted anything

That did not sound like need

Milk on the list

Milk on the line

Milk for the morning

Not for the mind

Milk in the basket

Milk in my head

Milk was the word

When the real one fled

I Wrote Milk Instead

Milk instead

Milk instead

Clean little cover

For a colorful thread

I Wrote Milk Instead

Milk instead

Milk instead

I called it a list

But it knew what I meant

Paper pale

Pencil thin

Little list

Let me in

Milk in blue

Want unsaid

I took it home

Milk instead