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Two Cars In The Driveway

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[Intro - Spoken, flat, engine idling] Nah. Nah, I know that car. [Verse 1 - Male tenor, chest voice, low and controlled] I wasn't even coming back this way Took the long road so I wouldn't say Something I can't take back tonight Then I turned the corner and I saw the light Porch light on, you never leave it on for me Two shadows moving where one used to be And I sat there with my hand on the wheel Counting all the ways this ain't real [Pre-Chorus - building, tighter] So that's how fast Everything I gave you turned to past Twenty-two months and a house key And you replaced me in a week [Chorus - No melisma, flat and cold, lead doubled a fifth below] Two cars in the driveway And one of 'em ain't mine Same spot where I used to park Same porch, same door, same time Two cars in the driveway And I'm parked across the street Watching somebody else be me Two cars in the driveway And one of 'em ain't mine [Verse 2 - uglier, spitting it] Bet he don't know how you take your coffee Bet he don't know your mama don't like nobody Bet he ain't sat up with you at three Holding you together when you came apart on me Bet he think he found something new Bet you ain't told him what you put me through Bet you laughing right now, sitting on my side Wearing that same face you used to hide [Pre-Chorus - building, tighter] So that's how fast Everything I gave you turned to past Twenty-two months and a house key And you replaced me in a week [Chorus - No melisma, flat and cold, lead doubled a fifth below] Two cars in the driveway And one of 'em ain't mine Same spot where I used to park Same porch, same door, same time Two cars in the driveway And I'm parked across the street Watching somebody else be me Two cars in the driveway And one of 'em ain't mine [Bridge - Half time, drums drop, one Rhodes, detuned pad only] [Spoken - low, shaking, almost to himself] I could go up there right now. I got the key. I still got the key. [Spoken - quieter] And do what. And say what. [Sung - falsetto entering for the first time, thin, breaking] That's the part I can't get past I know exactly what to do And I ain't got the right to do it 'Cause I'm the one that lost you [Sung - back down to chest, ugly again] So I'ma sit right here And let it burn a hole in me That's what I get That's what I get [Final Chorus - MODULATE UP A WHOLE STEP, A minor. Full stacks, hardest hit] Two cars in the driveway And one of 'em ain't mine Same spot where I used to park Same porch, same door, same time Two cars in the driveway And I'm parked across the street Watching somebody else be me Two cars in the driveway And one of 'em ain't mine [Vamp / Outro - 40 seconds, stacks and ad-libs, runs allowed here only] (One of 'em ain't mine) Ohh, I should pull off, I should pull off (One of 'em ain't mine) But my foot won't move, my foot won't move (One of 'em ain't mine) Look what you got me doing, look what you got me doing baby (One of 'em ain't mine) [Spoken over vamp - flat, defeated, engine turning over] Aight. Aight. [Fade - Rhodes and detuned pad, unresolved chord, car pulling away]