[COLD OPEN — GREASY SOUTHERN SOUL POCKET] [START WITH MUTED ELECTRIC GUITAR AND FINGERSTYLE BASS] [SHORT SYNCOPATED BASS PICKUP] [NO DRUM INTRO OR COUNT-IN] [DRUMMER ENTERS AFTER THE GUITAR-BASS EXCHANGE] [SOFT SNARE GHOST NOTES, RELAXED KICK] [NO KEYBOARD SWELL OR INSTRUMENTAL FANFARE] [MALE — CLOSE, NATURAL, QUIETLY SUNG] You didn't have to. [FEMALE — SINGLE SOFT SUNG RESPONSE] I know. [BRIEF GUITAR ANSWER] [GROOVE CONTINUES INTO VERSE 1] [INTRO — WARM ELECTRIC PIANO, BASS AND DRUMS] [SHORT, DISTINCTIVE SLIDE-GUITAR PHRASE] [HUMAN, DEEP SOUTHERN SOUL POCKET] [MALE — LOW, NATURAL MELODY] Ya didn't have to. [SOFT FEMALE ANSWER] I know. [VERSE 1 — MALE, CLOSE AND UNFORCED] You came by with takeout Said they messed your order up Funny how that always happens When I've had a month like dis I said, "I'm not even hungry" You said, "Well, give me a plate" Then you pulled that chair beside me Like you had nowhere else to be Didn't ask me what was wrong Didn't tell me what to do Jus started talkin 'bout your day And I listened for a while [CHORUS — WARM, MELODIC, OPEN] You didn't have to [Female — soft, sung] I know Didn't have to come dis way [Female] I know You coulda called You coulda stayed home Coulda let the evening go But you right here And here we go You didn't have to [Female — sustained, tender] I know I know [SHORT ORGAN AND GUITAR RESPONSE] [VERSE 2 — MALE, SLIGHTLY MORE RHYTHMIC] Your food got cold Mines did too You spent bout ten whole minutes talkin 'Bout somebody I never knew Then you made me laugh And I almost spilled my grape koolaid You said, "What so funny?" I said, "Nothin. Gimme a minute, Let me think." We never got around To half the thangs I meant to say You got to thangs ready to step out da door Asked if I'd be aight I said, "Yeah, I think I will" You said, "Alright, goodnight" [CHORUS — MORE OPEN VOCAL COLOR] You didn't have to [Female] I know I know Didn't have to come dis way [Female] I know You coulda called You coulda stayed home Coulda let the evenin go But you rght here And here we go You didn't have to [Female] I know [INSTRUMENTAL — HAMMOND AND GUITAR] [HAMMOND PLAYS THE TWO-NOTE FEMALE ANSWER] [SLIDE GUITAR EXTENDS THE MALE CHORUS MELODY] [DRUMS AND BASS MAINTAIN A DEEP HUMAN POCKET] [SHORT TENOR SAX COUNTERMELODY] [NO VOCAL SOUNDS] [BRIDGE — EXPOSED MALE VOCAL] [DRUMS PULL BACK; BASS AND WURLITZER REMAIN] Last week sumebody called me Said, "I'm good, don't worry 'bout it" I looked round a lil minute den grabbed my keys [BRIEF REST] Guess I learned that somewheres [ORGAN PLAYS THE ANSWERING MELODY] [DRUMS RETURN] [FINAL CHORUS — NATURAL MELODIC RELEASE] You didn't have to [Female] I know I know Didn't have to come this way [Female] I know You coulda called You coulda stayed home Coulda let the evenin go But you right here And here we go You didn't have to [Female — warm, sustained] I know [OUTRO — MALE, QUIETLY] I know. [HAMMOND, GUITAR AND BASS RESOLVE] [LAST ORGAN PHRASE ANSWERS THE VOICE] [NATURAL STUDIO END]
