[Verse 1] You leave your keys beside the bowl And tell me how the meeting went I watch the steam lift from your tea While evening gathers at the window You know the names of all my storms And when to let the silence stay Then touch my wrist, and ask me plain If I want company today [Pre-Chorus] No grand design, no perfect phrase Just you remembering how I take my tea [Chorus] I choose you in the ordinary In the dishes, in the drive In the way you save the last warm slice And ask if I got home all right When all the bright occasions pass And every borrowed ribbon’s gone I choose you in the ordinary And I’ll keep choosing as we go [Verse 2] Your coat is hanging by the stairs A little rain still on the sleeve You tell me what you’re scared to lose I tell you what I can’t yet name We don’t make promises of ease We make a little room to change A hand held out across the table A soft place to return again [Pre-Chorus] No flawless map, no fixed reply Just you beside me while we learn the way [Chorus] I choose you in the ordinary In the dishes, in the drive In the way you save the last warm slice And ask if I got home all right When all the bright occasions pass And every borrowed ribbon’s gone I choose you in the ordinary And I’ll keep choosing as we go [Bridge] If work runs late, I’ll leave the porch light If words come wrong, we’ll start anew I won’t ask you to be unchanging I want the life that keeps becoming you [Half-Time Breakdown] Stay for the morning Stay for the mess Stay when we’re certain Stay when we guess [Final Chorus] I choose you in the ordinary In the hard days and the bright In the honest little ways we turn Toward each other every night When all the years have changed our plans And time has rearranged the road I choose you in the ordinary And I’ll keep choosing as we go [Outro] Keys beside the bowl Your coat beside mine I choose you here One day at a time
