[Intro – close female vocal, sparse piano] Ah— Put Tuesday in the file [Verse 1 – restrained, conversational] She told the doctor, pick a date I’m done performing courage I’ll sign whatever must be signed But speak to me directly Her daughter came, three weeks postpartum Sore, leaking milk, too tired to eat He swore he’d be a father Then said, she’s sixteen weeks [Pre-Chorus – drums enter, rising tension] The doctor closed the folder The newborn started screaming Her mother said, sit with me You won’t protect him here [Chorus – wide melodic lift] Begin again anyway (Ah-ah, anyway) He can wait for your forgiveness And Tuesday gets revised Begin again anyway (Ah-ah, anyway) Feed your girl and tell me all I won’t defend him now [Verse 2 – beat returns, intimate] She said, the morphine wears off By half-past ten each morning Don’t praise me for enduring Don’t call my dying noble Her daughter said, he told me When she was three weeks old Another woman is pregnant And he expected comfort [Pre-Chorus – stronger lift] The newborn screamed for feeding Her daughter nursed her standing Her mother said, give me one week Finish telling me the rest [Chorus – full pop arrangement] Begin again anyway (Ah-ah, anyway) He can wait for your forgiveness And Tuesday gets revised Begin again anyway (Ah-ah, anyway) Feed your girl and tell me all I won’t defend him now [Bridge – stripped back, alternating delivery] She said, your father had another I knew and played the wife I called endurance decency You learned it as a child The daughter said, I copied you I thanked him for confessing Then spent my first week nursing While he explained his suffering [Final Chorus – highest register, layered backing vocals] Begin again anyway (Ah-ah, anyway) He can wait for your forgiveness And Tuesday gets revised Begin again anyway (Ah-ah, anyway) Feed your girl and tell me all I’m listening to you now [Outro – stripped back] She moved the date The morphine failed Seven extra mornings Ah-ah— Begin again anyway
