[Intro: 4 bars] [Restaurant room tone] [Dry drums + fingered electric bass] [Muted guitar sparse] [No Rhodes] [PLUTO, spoken] Table twelve. Two dollars. ...cute. [Verse 1: female on-grid, clipped speech-rap] [Rhodes absent] [Guitar sparse offbeat chops] Four waters Three lemons Extra ice "Everything good?" Everything nice Need anything else? "No, we're fine" Turn around "Ranch on the side?" Of course Absolutely Love that for me Dropped that off Grabbed twenty-three Came back Little black book Two dollars Okay Then I looked [Receipt Moment] [All instruments cut for one beat] [PLUTO] Right under the total Blue ink Big little smiley face "SMILE :)" [NIA, one dry spoken interruption] Leave that there. [Hook: 8 bars] [Full groove] [Rhodes short single-note answers] [Muted guitar 16th chops, no fills] [Pluto clipped rhythmic chant, narrow pitch] [PLUTO] Leave that there Not my problem Leave that there I'm not taking it Leave that there Don't hand me that Leave that there Right where you found it [Verse 2: 16 bars] [Rhodes exits] [Guitar returns to sparse offbeats] [Nia does not return] [PLUTO] Folded it twice Apron right side Next table waving I ain't even walk by "Miss?" I see you "Miss?" Still see you "You forgot my Coke." You drank two I'll bring three See? I'm growing Reached for my pen Receipt came too Saw that blue smile Got mad brand new Put it back Kept moving Two more checks One wrong dressing Manager talking Ice bin empty Whole damn restaurant Need something from me [Hook: same architecture] Leave that there Not my problem Leave that there I'm not taking it Leave that there Don't hand me that Leave that there Right where you found it [Verse 3: groove opens] [Guitar removed] [Bass pattern simplifies] [Rhodes sparse single notes] [More space between lines] Last table Mom and a kid Kid been staring Whole time they ate I said, "You good?" She nodded Kept coloring Okay Dropped the check Came back Purple crayon Whole page Apparently that's me Hair to the ceiling Sixteen eyelashes One arm longer Shoes look crazy [KID, natural spoken voice] I made you pretty. [PLUTO] Oh, you fixed me? [KID] Yeah. [PLUTO] That's cold. [4-bar turn] [Rim + simple bass only] Kid slid it over I folded it once Stopped Opened it back up [SIGNATURE EVENT] [ALL MUSIC CUTS] [Restaurant room tone only] [Audible paper unfolding] [No pad, piano, riser or emotional effect] [PLUTO, quietly amused] Nah. This one stays. [Apron rustle] [PLUTO] Other one... [Paper placed onto table] [2 beats silence] [One dry kick] [Final Hook: full original groove returns] [No new instruments] [No key change] [No emotional lift] [Narrow doubles only on "leave that there"] Leave that there Not my problem Leave that there I'm not taking it Leave that there Don't hand me that Leave that there Right where you found it Leave that there Leave that there Somebody clear it I'm already gone [Outro: 4 bars] [Rhodes and guitar removed] [Bass + dry kick/snare only] [PLUTO, walking away] Two dollars... [small laugh] Telling me to smile. [Register beep] [Stop]
