Lyric

I came in on gold heels

At the end of the rain

You stood by the window

With a stain in your grain

Black piano, dark piano

What have you seen?

Your lid held a secret

In a split seam

You said my name once

Like a key in a lock

The room held its breath

While the old hands watched

The tenor leaned close

Then fell back in blue

And the dust on your top

Started talking to you

Black piano, tell me

Black piano, say it plain

Black piano, you kept

My old shame in the frame

Black piano, black piano

Keep it under your keys

Black piano, I hear

What you buried in me

There was ash in the ashtray

And smoke in the lace

A half-finished letter

And a crack in your face

Your low notes were heavy

Like a coat on the floor

I touched one cold corner

And you opened the door

You said my name once

Like a key in a lock

The room held its breath

While the old hands watched

The tenor leaned close

Then fell back in blue

And the dust on your top

Started talking to you

Black piano, tell me

Black piano, say it plain

Black piano, you kept

My old shame in the frame

Black piano, black piano

Keep it under your keys

Black piano, I hear

What you buried in me

I broke like a glass rim

You stayed in your place

All that polished sorrow

On your midnight face

Then you gave me a chord

That I knew by heart

Like a door in the dark

When the whole world parts

Black piano, tell me

Black piano, say it plain

Black piano, you kept

My old shame in the frame

Black piano, black piano

Let it drift into steam

Black piano, I'm free

From the ghost in the sheen

Black piano, black piano

Keep it under your keys

Black piano, I hear

What you buried in me