[Verse 1 | intimate close-mic female vocal, lightly rushed phrasing, conversational] Your shirt is hanging off the chair My coat is waiting by the door The kettle clicks, your phone lights up Six-thirty on the kitchen floor You check the time, then look at me Like one of us should say the word But steam is climbing up the glass And neither one of us has moved [Chorus | clear melodic lift, warm doubled lead, restrained breathy harmonies] Miss the first train Let the coffee go cold We can call it nothing If that helps you stay close Miss the first train Give me ten more minutes You can leave when the city wakes Just don’t rush out of it [Verse 2 | close and lower, slightly more rhythmic, small spoken ad-libs] The neighbors start their morning steps A radio comes through the wall Your keys are sitting by the sugar You still haven’t picked them up I’m not asking for forever I’m not asking where this goes Just sit with me until the sunlight Finds us both across the floor [Chorus | fuller lead, tighter rhythm, layered response on title phrase] Miss the first train Let the coffee go cold We can call it nothing If that helps you stay close Miss the first train Give me ten more minutes You can leave when the city wakes Just don’t rush out of it [Break | whispered lead, chopped repetitions, bass drops out] Six-thirty Seven more minutes Don’t say goodbye yet Don’t say it [Final Chorus | open-throated but controlled, stacked harmonies, repeated title as a rhythmic tag] Miss the first train Let the coffee go cold We can call it nothing If that helps you stay close Miss the first train Give me ten more minutes You can leave when the city wakes Just don’t rush out of it [End | chopped vocal tag, abrupt musical resolution] Miss the first train
