She wears that yellow raincoat every Tuesday Even when the sky won’t cry Sits by the fountain counting wishes One coin at a time, out loud to the sky I’m three benches over, same damn page Pretending I ain’t watching her light She catches me staring, smiles like she won “Want to count with me?” before I can hide Her voice is loud and soft, cuts right through the noise I say yes before my brain says no We throw pennies till the fountain runs dry Two weird humans in the sun, you and I Lucky raincoat, mismatched socks Snort-laughing while the water talks We don’t need tomorrow, don’t need the words Just showing up is how this love occurs One penny at a time, one Tuesday at a time We built something real… right here in the open She says the coat keeps the bad thoughts from sticking I tell her my socks never match on purpose She laughs so hard the whole park hears it That snort hits me like the sweetest chorus No heavy talks about what comes next World’s too loud, but we keep it quiet Just sitting, breathing, letting it be Two broken pieces finally fitting right We throw pennies till the fountain runs dry Two weird humans in the sun, you and I Lucky raincoat, mismatched socks Snort-laughing while the water talks We don’t need tomorrow, don’t need the words Just showing up is how this love occurs One penny at a time, one Tuesday at a time We built something real… right here in the open Bridge (softer, almost spoken-sung over sparse guitar) She slips a lucky penny in my hand “Keep it in your shoe,” she says Years later I still feel it there Every step, every rain, every clear-sky day… We still meet at the fountain when we can She in yellow, me with socks that never match Counting coins, throwing wishes, laughing when it splashes back That’s our love story, baby Just two people who found the same bench And kept showing up… One penny at a time One Tuesday at a time Yeah, we built something real… Right there in the open Yellow raincoat… keep showing up… Two weird humans… one penny at a time…
