[Verse 1] She ordered the coffee for two as she always did Then remembered and asked them to take one away The violets she bought at the corner of Rue Marais Still smell like the first time and yesterday She dressed with intention this cold afternoon Pressed collar, dark jacket, her best pair of shoes As if looking elegant softens the knowing That some things you don't get to choose [Pre-Chorus] The street carries on in its beautiful blur The lantern comes on as the afternoon fades She watches the back of a man in a grey coat Walk into the mist and away [Chorus] One cup on the table One chair pulled too close One woman who knows how to look like she's fine The violets are purple The coffee is cold And Paris keeps moving in spite of her heart One cup Just one cup This time [Verse 2] They met at this table in nineteen and eighty He said the word always and meant it she thought She gave him her summers and all of her winters And learned what forever is actually worth She isn't bitter — that surprises her still She thought she'd be broken but something held firm The coffee, the cobbles, the lamp on the corner Remind her she's more than the love that she lost [Pre-Chorus] The street carries on in its beautiful blur The lantern comes on as the afternoon fades She watches the back of a man in a grey coat Walk into the mist and away [Chorus] One cup on the table One chair pulled too close One woman who knows how to look like she's fine The violets are purple The coffee is cold And Paris keeps moving in spite of her heart One cup Just one cup This time [Bridge] But here is the thing about sitting alone In the city that taught you that love has a cost You find in the quiet a version of yourself That was never quite his And was never quite lost She smooths out her jacket She signals the waiter A second cup after all Why not Why not [Final Chorus] One cup on the table Then maybe one more One woman who's learning to call herself free The violets are purple The coffee is warm now And Paris keeps moving And so does she One cup Then another Just watch me
