[Intro | bright fingerpicked acoustic guitar and mandolin, swaying 6/8 groove, upright bass] [Verse 1 | male lead vocal, playful and intimate, guitar and bass] [Male] I walked as far as your street's end [Male] and let my eyes stay down— [Male] no leave to count the numbers up, [Male] no leave to turn around. [Male] I will never ask to see you— [Male] look how well I don't— [Male] every letter I have sent you ends [Male] one word before I want. [Verse 2 | female lead vocal, wry and warm, mandolin joining] [Female] You have said intemperate things— [Female] now say them never more, [Female] nor unsay them: let them die [Female] like a misprint no one saw. [Female] Burn the page. Forget the day. [Female] Ask nothing. Let it be. [Female] ...And if you like to come — not Tuesday — [Female] Wednesday, then. At three. [Chorus | male and female lead vocals together, wide singable chorus, handclaps, tambourine, full band] [Both] Si no, si no— [Both] say it once and let it go, [Both] sealed in wax, then ash, then never spoken— [Both] si no, si no— [Both] you lock the door in every letter [Both] and leave the window, though. [Verse 3 | male lead vocal, tender and earnest, cello glow beneath] [Male] Let me say it — only once — [Male] I loved you from my soul; [Male] it is done, not to be altered, [Male] and it asks you nothing. No— [Male] now, while I dream, oh let me dream it: [Male] I would marry you, and so [Male] come the hour that you allow me, [Male] go the moment you say go. [Verse 4 | female lead vocal, hushed intensity building, soft drums entering] [Female] All night I keep the thing you said [Female] with my sister sleeping near; [Female] I dare not talk out of my dreams [Female] and say your name out clear. [Female] By day my mouth is schooled to no, [Female] by night it wants to sing— [Female] the deeps of me are shaken, love, [Female] and no is not the thing. [Chorus | male and female lead vocals together, wide singable chorus, handclaps, tambourine, full band] [Both] Si no, si no— [Both] say it once and let it go, [Both] sealed in wax, then ash, then never spoken— [Both] si no, si no— [Both] you lock the door in every letter [Both] and leave the window, though. [Bridge | stripped to fingerpicked guitar and cello, intimate close vocals] [Female] You have touched me past my guarding— [Female] my heart was full today. [Female] Henceforward I am yours — for everything [Female] but harming you. [Male] Then no more dreams, no asking nothing— [Male] my foot is on the stair. [Female] The one from May — I burned it. [Both] This one — this one stays. [Final Chorus | euphoric full band, both voices lifted, handclaps, mandolin runs, bright and dancing] [Both] Si, oh si, oh si— [Both] no more only-once, no burning, [Both] say it over like the morning: yes. [Both] Si, oh si, oh si— [Both] we were learning yes in every no, [Both] we were singing it all along. [Outro | band settling to guitar and mandolin sway, voices trading softly] [Female] Come on Wednesday. [Male] Every Wednesday. [Both] At three. [End]
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