Mallard on the Roof [THE RIVERS]

[Style: Indie folk ballad, acoustic guitar, male and female duet, warm, nostalgic] [Verse 1] [Male Voice] I saw a mallard on the roof By the busted vent, by the rain pipe He was calm as a Sunday spoon Just staring down the alley light [Female Voice] His feet were tucked like he paid rent His bill flashed green in the gray I said, "Buddy, that's a bold address" He blinked once and looked away [Pre-Chorus] [Male Voice] And I laughed at the whole damn scene [Female Voice] You just stood there, head held high [Duet] Like you knew some secret thing About the weather in the sky [Chorus] [Duet - Harmony] Mallard on the roof Mallard on the roof You got the whole world Under your boots Mallard on the roof Mallard on the roof [Female Voice] I want that kind of cool [Male Voice] I want that kind of view [Verse 2] [Female Voice] The neighbors all kept walking fast With their bags and their phone-lit faces [Male Voice] But you sat like a little king On a throne made of rust and braces [Pre-Chorus] [Female Voice] Then you shook one feather loose And it drifted past my shoe [Male Voice] I took that as a kind of sign To stop and look where I was too [Chorus] [Duet - Harmony] Mallard on the roof Mallard on the roof You got the whole world Under your boots Mallard on the roof Mallard on the roof [Male Voice] I want that kind of cool [Female Voice] I want that kind of view [Bridge] [Male Voice] If I climb up there tonight Will you make room by the vent? [Female Voice] Will you teach me how to sit With a bent neck, unbent? [Duet - Soft] No speech, just the rain No hurry, no proof Just me, the cracked old tar And that mallard on the roof [Chorus] [Duet - Full Harmony, Emotional] Mallard on the roof Mallard on the roof You got the whole world Under your boots Mallard on the roof Mallard on the roof [Duet] I want that kind of cool I want that kind of view [Outro] [Male Voice] Mallard on the roof... [Female Voice] (Ooh, on the roof...) [Duet] Just looking down. [Fade out]