Just in Case

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V6-MINI

[Intro: silky falsetto male lead, over the shuffling two-step drums]
Two weeks, one cat, one key on a ribbon
Green like your door, and you gave it like it's nothin'

[Chorus: silky falsetto male lead, the sub bassline rolling]
I'm the spare key, I'm the spare key, on a ribbon by the door
Just in case you lose the real one, that's what spares are for
Feed the cat and water plants and keep a lamp on while you're gone
I'm the spare key, and a spare don't ever get to be the one

[Verse 1: silky falsetto male lead, quick and light on the rimshots]
Third floor, left, the lock is stiff, you gotta lift it while you turn
Marmalade is yellin' at me like I'm late and never learn
Spoon the fish into the dish and pour the water on the sill
Crack the window half an inch, the way you told me, and be still
Then I sit down on your sofa for a minute, maybe two
Next to that green coat you didn't take, it still smells just like you
And I tell myself the story that I tell myself all week
That there's someone with the first key, and I'm just the one you keep

[Chorus: the sub bassline rolling]
I'm the spare key, I'm the spare key, on a ribbon by the door
Just in case you lose the real one, that's what spares are for
Feed the cat and water plants and keep a lamp on while you're gone
I'm the spare key, and a spare don't ever get to be the one

[Verse 2: silky falsetto male lead, the two-step skipping harder]
Who's the one who's got the first one, is he tall, and does he cook
Does he know to lift the stiff lock, does he know the window hook
Does he sit here on the sofa, does the cat yell at him too
I'm the backup, I'm the second, I'm the one who'll have to do
I been the spare at every party, I been the spare at every game
I been the plus-one's plus-one and the guy without a name
So I water all your basil and I leave the lamp on low
And I put the key back on the ribbon every time I go

[Bridge: the drums skip out, the Rhodes alone, then the two-step crashes back]
Fourteen days and fourteen nights, I'm countin' on my hand
Fourteen times I almost asked you, fourteen times I ran

[Verse 3: silky falsetto male lead, then one line dropped low into his chest voice]
Sunday night, your suitcase on the stairs, you're laughin' in the hall
Marmalade is yellin' at you, and you're huggin' him and all
So I hand you back the ribbon, and I finally ask you, "So
Who's the one who's got the other key?" and you just tell me, "No
There's no other key, the locksmith cut a single copy, done"
And it drops into my chest, "So the spare key is the one"
Then you put the ribbon in my hand and fold my fingers shut
And you say, "You never were the spare, you were the only cut"

[Chorus: everything in]
I'm the spare key, I'm the spare key, on a ribbon by the door
Just in case you lose the real one, that's what spares are for
Feed the cat and water plants and keep a lamp on while you're gone
I'm the spare key, and a spare don't ever get to be the one
[End]

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[Intro: silky falsetto male lead, over the shuffling two-step drums] Two weeks, one cat, one key on a ribbon Green like your door, and you gave it like it's nothin' [Chorus: silky falsetto male lead, the sub bassline rolling] I'm the spare key, I'm the spare key, on a ribbon by the door Just in case you lose the real one, that's what spares are for Feed the cat and water plants and keep a lamp on while you're gone I'm the spare key, and a spare don't ever get to be the one [Verse 1: silky falsetto male lead, quick and light on the rimshots] Third floor, left, the lock is stiff, you gotta lift it while you turn Marmalade is yellin' at me like I'm late and never learn Spoon the fish into the dish and pour the water on the sill Crack the window half an inch, the way you told me, and be still Then I sit down on your sofa for a minute, maybe two Next to that green coat you didn't take, it still smells just like you And I tell myself the story that I tell myself all week That there's someone with the first key, and I'm just the one you keep [Chorus: the sub bassline rolling] I'm the spare key, I'm the spare key, on a ribbon by the door Just in case you lose the real one, that's what spares are for Feed the cat and water plants and keep a lamp on while you're gone I'm the spare key, and a spare don't ever get to be the one [Verse 2: silky falsetto male lead, the two-step skipping harder] Who's the one who's got the first one, is he tall, and does he cook Does he know to lift the stiff lock, does he know the window hook Does he sit here on the sofa, does the cat yell at him too I'm the backup, I'm the second, I'm the one who'll have to do I been the spare at every party, I been the spare at every game I been the plus-one's plus-one and the guy without a name So I water all your basil and I leave the lamp on low And I put the key back on the ribbon every time I go [Bridge: the drums skip out, the Rhodes alone, then the two-step crashes back] Fourteen days and fourteen nights, I'm countin' on my hand Fourteen times I almost asked you, fourteen times I ran [Verse 3: silky falsetto male lead, then one line dropped low into his chest voice] Sunday night, your suitcase on the stairs, you're laughin' in the hall Marmalade is yellin' at you, and you're huggin' him and all So I hand you back the ribbon, and I finally ask you, "So Who's the one who's got the other key?" and you just tell me, "No There's no other key, the locksmith cut a single copy, done" And it drops into my chest, "So the spare key is the one" Then you put the ribbon in my hand and fold my fingers shut And you say, "You never were the spare, you were the only cut" [Chorus: everything in] I'm the spare key, I'm the spare key, on a ribbon by the door Just in case you lose the real one, that's what spares are for Feed the cat and water plants and keep a lamp on while you're gone I'm the spare key, and a spare don't ever get to be the one [End]

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