The good plates(Unplugged)

[instrumental intro] [verse 1] There’s a cabinet in the kitchen Full of things we never touch Wedding china, folded linen All that almost-living stuff We eat standing by the counter With the TV talking low Saving beauty for a Sunday That forgot the way back home [chorus 1] Let's take out the good plates What are we saving them for? The guests never came, and the years didn’t wait They just slipped through the cracks in the floor Let's take out the good plates Let the cheap wine spill on the lace If this is the life we were waiting to start Then set the damn table today [instrumental] [verse 2] You bought those plates in late September Said, “One day, we’ll do this right” Now they sleep behind the glass door Like a museum in candlelight We used to keep them for someday Someday never learned our names A cabinet full of porcelain prayers While we ate our hearts from paper plates [pre-chorus] We got so good at being careful So damn good at getting by We called it patience, called it grown-up But it was anything but life [chorus 2] Let's take out the good plates What are we saving them for? The guests never came, and the years didn’t wait They just slipped through the cracks in the floor Let's take out the good plates Let the cheap wine spill on the lace If this is the life we were waiting to start Then set the damn table today! [guitar solo] [bridge] Use the good plates Wear the red dress Call the old friends Make a little mess Kiss like you mean it Cry if you have to Life doesn’t start when it’s perfect It starts when you let it have all of you [final chorus] So take out the good plates What are we saving them for? Someday never learned our names It just kept walking out the door So take out the good plates Let them chip, let them break I'd rather make a beautiful mess Than save our lives for a better day! [outro]