[Intro: two bars of drums and handclaps only] [Verse 1] He's out before the baker With a bucket and a wheel Drawing little promises For rubber and for steel He puts a pause beside the crossing Puts a warning by the bend A white line down the middle That the evening rain will mend [Chorus] Leave a little opening Leave a little space For a person changing lanes For a person losing pace You can measure every corner You can mark it all just fine Leave a little opening In the line [Verse 2] I met him by the underpass With paint across his thumb He said they'd changed the one-way twice Since the new estate had come His boy was learning how to drive He said he hardly slept I told him mine was learning how To make a promise kept [Chorus] Leave a little opening Leave a little space For a person changing lanes For a person losing pace You can measure every corner You can mark it all just fine Leave a little opening In the line [Bridge] He said, "Mind where you're standing" I stepped onto the verge We watched a pair of cyclists Try to work out how to merge Then he raised a palm to stop the cars And waved the riders through I stood there with his bucket Till he finished what he had to do [Outro] A little paint Across my shoe I took the long way Like he told me to
