[Verse 1] I found a blue tin box Under your old porch step Three paper clips, one key And a Polaroid in red Your name on a schoolyard note Folded up seven times I kept it in my jacket Like a coin I never spent [Pre-Chorus] And I don't know why Small things stay How a scratched-up frame Can pull me back [Chorus] Blue tin letters Keep calling me Blue tin letters From memory Blue tin letters I still believe Some little thing Can set me free [Verse 2] The mailbox leaned by the road With rain in the dented lip I traced the cracked black paint Like I knew what it meant The neighbor's dog still barks At every passing van But all I hear is that fold In the palm of my hand [Pre-Chorus] And I don't know why Small things stay How a scratched-up frame Can pull me back [Chorus] Blue tin letters Keep calling me Blue tin letters From memory Blue tin letters I still believe Some little thing Can set me free [Bridge] Maybe that's how we live One tiny proof at a time A torn-out page, a bent-up ring A mark that says you were mine If I lose the bigger map Let the small light lead Blue tin letters Are enough for me [Chorus] Blue tin letters Keep calling me Blue tin letters From memory Blue tin letters I still believe Some little thing Can set me free
