The Quiet Has Something to Say

Bubba Patrick & Darlene featuring The Holler Shakers, Original North Georgia country, gospel blues and early rock and roll, Bubba mature warm gritty MALE baritone verse1; Darlene unmistakably FEMALE soulful alto verse2; close male-female duet choruses, substantial distinct solo turns, clear conversational words, D major 6/8 dotted-quarter 58, acoustic Appalachian gospel, Fingerpicked guitar wooden flute restrained fiddle upright bass, sparse brushed percussion, Roll-Up transposed D6|Bm7|Gadd9|A7, Unhurried female verse2, intimate harmony, gentle instrumental, Organic spacious live ensemble; chords and brackets are unsung instructions

[Intro: instrumental, establish recurring hook] [Verse 1: Bubba, male] I turned the little radio off halfway through a song, Sat beside the window where the morning moved along. Heard the kettle cooling, heard a branch against the eave, Nothing there was asking me for something to believe. I had filled up every corner with another thing to do, Till the room grew still enough to let the daylight through. [Chorus: male-female duet] The quiet has something to say, When I stop chasing the whole day away. A breath, a bird, the light upon the clay, The quiet has something to say. Lord, let me listen, let me stay, Here in the grace of today. [Instrumental turnaround] [Verse 2: Darlene, female lead] I used to meet a silence with a story of my own, Hurry in to fill it so I wouldn't feel alone. Now I let a question rest a little in the air, Let a friend finish speaking, let my heart be fully there. There's a world beyond the running of the words inside my head, There's a kindness in the listening, in the things we leave unsaid. [Chorus: duet] The quiet has something to say, When I stop chasing the whole day away. A breath, a bird, the light upon the clay, The quiet has something to say. Lord, let me listen, let me stay, Here in the grace of today. [Instrumental solo: 16 bars, featured instruments trade phrases, leave space] [Bridge] [Darlene softly] No thunder at the doorway, No answer carved in stone. [Bubba softly] Just a moment held in mercy, And a heart that feels at home. [Duet] Let the next note wait a little, Let the stillness have its turn. [Final chorus: duet, full warm harmonies] The quiet has something to say, When I stop chasing the whole day away. A breath, a bird, the light upon the clay, The quiet has something to say. Lord, let me listen, let me stay, Here in the grace of today. [Outro: repeat final hook once, instrumental resolves naturally; no fade or cutoff]

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