[Intro] You left your coat on my kitchen chair Like you planned to keep breathing my air I folded the sleeve, I opened the door Your key hit the floor and I wanted more [Verse 1] You took the record, left the sleeve Took my patience, not my leave Your coffee ring stayed by the sink A little brown moon where I used to think I heard your truck turn past the lot And counted every second till the feeling stopped [Pre-Chorus] Don’t knock twice Don’t say my name I learned the shape of your little game [Chorus] I’m gonna shed you Like a snake sheds skin Leave your fingerprints Where the hurt has been I’m gonna shed you Piece by piece tonight Walk out lighter Under kitchen light [Verse 2] Your photograph facedown in a drawer Your old blue shirt won’t fit me anymore I cut the thread from the button you broke Burned your number on a grocery note The radio coughed up our favorite tune I laughed so hard I startled the moon [Pre-Chorus] Don’t knock twice Don’t say my name I found the door inside the frame [Chorus] I’m gonna shed you Like a snake sheds skin Leave your fingerprints Where the hurt has been I’m gonna shed you Piece by piece tonight Walk out lighter Under kitchen light [Bridge] Organ rising, floorboards talking One red heel and I’m done walking Your goodbye hangs on a rusty nail I pull it loose and I break the spell [Instrumental] [Wah guitar solo looping over open-G riff] [Organ swells and stop-time hits] [Warm bass keeps rolling] [Final Chorus] I’m gonna shed you Like a snake sheds skin Leave your fingerprints Where the hurt has been I’m gonna shed you No way back again New coat, new weather Let the clean air in [Outro] Your key hit the floor I don’t need it anymore Shed you Shed you
