[Intro] [Bard] Fellow stopped me outside last night. Called me by a name I hadn't heard all day. Funny part? I answered. [Acoustic guitar locks into driving rhythm] [Verse 1] Got one name from my mother One I found along the way One was written down for me One I had to learn to say Used to know which man walked in When somebody called my name Now one starts the conversation And the other ends the same Signed something wrong this morning Didn't catch it till I left Not wrong enough to change it Just enough to make me check Then I caught that other fellow Standing barefoot in my home Funny how a name you borrow Starts answering the phone [Pre-Chorus] I ain't worried he'll replace me I ain't sure he even could I'm just wondering when the costume Started fitting this damn good [Chorus] [Bard] Two names— [Crowd] ONE COAT! [Bard] One fire when it gets cold Two roads through the same damn story One gets young while one gets old Two names— [Crowd] ONE COAT! [Bard] Either one'll turn his head Maybe I'm not becoming someone Maybe someone's becoming me instead [Verse 2] Stranger yelled that second name Across a parking lot last week Waved at me like we'd been drinking At the same bar since seventeen I waved back before I thought Then laughed the whole damn ride 'Cause apparently there's somebody I don't know who knows me fine Got a box beneath the bed Old photographs and busted time Little pieces of a fellow Who was sure this life was mine I don't keep 'em 'cause I miss him I don't need to bring him back But every room I'm standing in Still has his fingerprints attached [Pre-Chorus] Every builder lives eventually Inside what he creates Maybe names are only doorways Maybe men are what remains [Chorus] [Bard] Two names— [Crowd] ONE COAT! [Bard] One fire when it gets cold Two roads through the same damn story One gets young while one gets old Two names— [Crowd] ONE COAT! [Bard] Either one'll turn his head Maybe I'm not becoming someone Maybe someone's becoming me instead [Break] [Music drops to acoustic guitar.] [Bard] You want to hear something strange? [Crowd] Yeah! [Bard] Sometimes... I can't remember which name I introduced myself with when we started playing here. [Crowd laughter] [Bassist] Neither can we. [Bard] That's reassuring. [Bridge] If you meet the man before me Don't tell him how this ends Tell him keep the coat beside him Tell him he'll still need his friends Don't tell him rooms get bigger Don't tell him who walks through Just tell him— One day somebody's gonna call your name... [Music stops] And both of you will look. [Silence] [Soft band re-entry] [Final Chorus] [Bard] Two names— [Crowd] ONE COAT! [Bard] Same skin underneath One learned how to talk to strangers One still talks when no one sees Two names— [Crowd] ONE COAT! [Bard] I quit asking which is true If you wear a name long enough— [Crowd begins singing before him] BOTH OF THEM START WEARING YOU [Bard laughs] You weren't supposed to know that part yet. [Outro] [Bard] Somebody said my other name today. Took me a second. [Pause] Both of us answered.
