Verse 1 Little Miss Yesterday, lipstick on a bruise Tapping on my window like she’s got nothing to lose She talks through the screen door, honey-sweet, static-gray Says, “I brought you back a feeling… you can keep it if you stay.” Pre-Chorus She wears my old laugh like a borrowed coat Sings my name in a key I never wrote And every streetlight turns its face away Like it’s embarrassed by the things I replay Chorus Little Miss Yesterday, don’t dance so close You’re a perfume made of polaroids and ghost I’m trying to be new, I’m trying to be brave But you kiss like a habit I forgot to save Little Miss Yesterday, you look so fine Like a bad idea with a better spine Verse 2 She’s got a purse full of receipts from nights I can’t return A pocket watch that runs on what I didn’t learn She points at all my progress like it’s funny, like it’s fake Says, “You can call it moving on, but I can feel you hesitate.” Pre-Chorus She’s a rerun with a brand-new grin A locked-room hymn with a spare key in And I swear the room gets colder when she says “Come on, just for one song… just for one minute…” Chorus Little Miss Yesterday, don’t dance so close You’re a perfume made of polaroids and ghost I’m trying to be new, I’m trying to be brave But you kiss like a habit I forgot to save Little Miss Yesterday, you look so fine Like a bad idea with a better spine Bridge (half-time lift) If I shut every door, she slips through the frame If I change all the locks, she remembers my name I don’t hate her, I just can’t afford To worship what I was when I’m starving for more Final Chorus Little Miss Yesterday, I love your dress But it’s stitched out of “almost” and “I guess” I’m trying to be new, I’m trying to be brave So take your glitter back to the grave you made Little Miss Yesterday, I’ll wave goodbye If you let my future learn how to finally arrive Outro (repeat into long instrumental) Yesterday… yesterday… (don’t pull me back) Yesterday… yesterday… (I’m learning to let go)
