PLAY ME Written by Brian Ketchum [Intro: Soft Piano Instrumental] [Verse 1: Male Solo] I may play for just three minutes, But I can hold your fifty years. I made you smile when you were twenty, At fifty, I brought you to tears. You used to turn me up and sing along, With the windows rolled halfway down. Now you sit and let me finish, Without making a single sound. [Chorus: Male Solo] Play me, When you need to go back there. Play me, I'll bring you close again. I can't give you back the years, Or change the way they went. But I can take you to a moment You thought you'd never get again. Play me. [Instrumental Transition: Soft Piano and Pedal Steel] [Verse 2: Male Solo] I've played in rooms full of laughter, And in rooms where you sat alone. I've heard you sing me with a crowd, And hum me driving home. You may not have heard me in years, Then I find you by surprise. And before I reach the second line, There's a lifetime in your eyes. [Chorus: Male Solo] Play me, When you need to go back there. Play me, I'll bring you close again. I can't give you back the years, Or change the way they went. But I can take you to a moment You thought you'd never get again. Play me. [Bridge: Male Solo, Intimate] When you were young, you heard the music. You knew the words by heart. Now you hear the people Who were there when I would start. [Bridge: Male Solo, Building Gently] I haven't changed a single note, Not one word or melody. But all the years you've lived since then Have changed what you hear in me. [Final Chorus: Male Solo, Emotional but Restrained] Play me, When you need to go back there. Play me, I'll bring you close again. I can't give you back the years, Or change the way they went. But I can take you to a moment You thought you'd never get again. Play me. [Outro: Male Solo, Soft Piano] I may play for just three minutes... But I can hold your fifty years. I haven't changed a single note... You've just lived between the lines. Play me. [Softly, Almost Whispered] One more time. [End: Gentle Final Piano Chord]
