Orders Never Forgotten

[Intro – saloon ambience] [Sound cue: soft swing piano, gentle glass clinks, distant chatter] 🎤 [Sabrina, calm female vocal] “I don’t write it down… I just remember what you ordered.” [Sound cue: cup placed on wood, soft chime] [Verse 1] 🎤 Black coffee, no sugar, two in the mornin’ Means someone’s hidin’ a storm that’s forming Whiskey neat but the glass shakes twice That’s a man who’s been thinkin’ too much about life Milk on ice with a side of delay Means they’re stayin’ but they’re halfway away Every table tells me more than words In this place, silence is what gets heard [Pre-Chorus] 🎤 You don’t have to talk too loud The truth sits heavy in a crowded crowd [Chorus] 🎤 Orders never forgotten, never lost in the noise I remember the silence behind all your choices One for regret, one for disguise And a glass that says “don’t look me in the eyes” Orders never forgotten, that’s how I know Who stays too long and who won’t go I just pour it, serve it, smile and stand While the truth slips through my hand [Verse 2] 🎤 Jacques says “pour it, don’t ask why” Like he’s hiding thunder behind his eye Always two drinks but he only drinks one Like he’s negotiating with the sun Laizer orders nothing, just leans and waits Like she’s measuring futures and shifting fates Mama Kitty takes water, always the same But I swear even water knows her name [Bridge] [Sound cue: piano softens, brushes slow] 🎤 Ducati came in covered in dust and rhyme Ordered something warm, said he “ran out of time” Tarz asked for tea but forgot to sip Like he drinks more secrets than what he lets slip Bammer just nods at an empty chair Never orders, but he’s always there Twins asked for “something that spins” I gave them sugar and watched how it ends [Verse 3] 🎤 I don’t interrupt, I just observe Every order has its own curve Broken hearts come medium rare And overthinking always comes with air Some leave tips, some leave truth Some leave pieces of their youth I collect none, I just let them pass Like dust on wood or cracked saloon glass [Chorus] 🎤 Orders never forgotten, never lost in the noise I remember the silence behind all your choices One for regret, one for disguise And a glass that says “don’t look me in the eyes” Orders never forgotten, that’s how I know Who stays too long and who won’t go I just pour it, serve it, smile and stand While the truth slips through my hand [Outro – spoken, quiet] [Sound cue: final glass set down + piano fading swing] 🎤 “You all think you’re ordering drinks…” [pause] “…but you’re just telling me who you are.” [Sound cue: saloon piano fades out, last glass clink echoes]