Lyric

You leave your silver earrings by the cup

A little crescent catching candle flame

The waiter folds the linen, tables up

But I keep finding reasons to remain

Your hand moves slowly through the empty air

As if the room still knows the shape of you

Stay for one more song, my dear

Let the quiet bring you near

No promises beneath the door

Just your shoulder close to mine once more

Stay for one more song tonight

Let the last glass catch the light

If morning asks what brought us here

I'll say your name, and keep you near

The old fan turns above the polished bar

A taxi sighs and disappears below

You tell me things that never travel far

The kind a heart can only softly know

Your laugh falls lightly, then it settles down

Like warm perfume upon the velvet chair

Stay for one more song, my dear

Let the quiet bring you near

No promises beneath the door

Just your shoulder close to mine once more

Stay for one more song tonight

Let the last glass catch the light

If morning asks what brought us here

I'll say your name, and keep you near

And if tomorrow changes every street

If winter writes its name across the rain

Tonight is still a place where we can meet

A small, unfinished mercy without blame

Stay for one more song, my dear

Let the quiet bring you near

No promises beneath the door

Just your shoulder close to mine once more

Stay for one more song tonight

Let the last glass catch the light

If morning asks what brought us here

I'll say your name, and keep you near

The chairs are high, the room is blue

One more song, then I let go of you