[Verse 1: Rock duet male and female leads, him first, molten guitar] Third shelf back at Halloran's, a paperback, a buck Pencil in the margins of a book about bad luck "This is the truest page I ever read," in tidy hand I wrote "Me too" below it like a message in the sand Put it back up on the shelf and felt a fool and walked away Three weeks on I checked it, and she'd written back in gray [Verse 2: Rock duet male and female leads, her turn, rumbling bass] I write in every book I read, I can't leave a page alone Then I sell 'em back on Fridays for the money for my phone I never thought a soul would read the scribbles that I made Till a stranger wrote "Me too" in a careful, crooked shade So I answered, and he answered, and the shelf became our post Fifty books, a year of pencil, and I'm writin' to a ghost [Chorus: Rock duet male and female leads, together, thunderous kick and snare] Meet me in the margin Where the story leaves some room Write it small and I will find it Meet me in the margin Every page you turned for me I was turnin' it for you Meet me where the ink runs out Meet me in the margin [Verse 3: Rock duet male and female leads, trading lines, molten guitar] Page two hundred, "Tuesday, six o'clock, beside the shelf" Page two-oh-one, "How will I know you?" "Come and see yourself" Tuesday, six o'clock, and there are two of us, one book Same hand reachin' for it and we both just stop and look She's got pencil on her fingers, he's got gray behind his ear Halloran just shakes his head and says, "About time, my dear" [Chorus: Rock duet male and female leads, together, thunderous kick and snare] Meet me in the margin Where the story leaves some room Write it small and I will find it Meet me in the margin Every page you turned for me I was turnin' it for you Meet me where the ink runs out Meet me in the margin [Bridge: Rock duet male and female leads, mid-word handoff, he starts each word and she lands it] I been wait- -in' every Tuesday I been read- -in' every line Now we're writ- -in' it together In the garden, one more time [Verse 4: Rock duet male and female leads, together, guitars wide] Two years on in a garden with a hundred folding chairs No rings off a rack and no promises in prayers We just open up the paperbacks and read the pencil out Every word we ever wrote is what our vows are all about [Final Chorus: Rock duet male and female leads, together, full band] Meet me in the margin Where the story leaves some room Write it small and I will find it Meet me in the margin Every page you turned for me I was turnin' it for you Meet me where the ink runs out Meet me in the margin [End]
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