[INTRO — STUDIO COUNTRY-SOUL — 78 BPM — LAZY 12/8] [CLOSE-MIC PEDAL STEEL — CLEAN TELECASTER — WARM BASS] [SOFT BRUSHED SNARE BEHIND THE BEAT] [TAMMY: LOW SMOKY LEAD VOCAL] [TAMMY'S OVERDUBBED TENOR SAX ANSWERS HER VOCAL] [VERSE 1 — INTIMATE, RASPY, ALMOST SPOKEN] I don't check your side of the bed now, I don't listen for your key, I don't drive that extra mile home Past the places we would meet. I don't stop when someone mentions That they saw you Friday night— No, I don't do any of those things. [OVERDUBBED SAX — SHORT, SKEPTICAL ANSWER] I'm doing fine. [VERSE 2] I took your picture off the dresser, Put your records in a box, Changed the number on the doorway, Even changed the bedroom clock. And I hardly ever wonder Who you're waking up beside— [SERENA — PEDAL STEEL BEND] Yeah, I'm doing fine. [PRE-CHORUS — BASS RISES, STEEL BUILDS] That's what I tell everybody, That's what I tell myself. Funny how the truth gets harder When there's nobody else. [CHORUS — VOCAL OPENS, NEVER BELTS] I do fine till the lights go down, Till the last call clears this side of town, Till a song comes on that knows too much And my hands remember how you touched. I can fool my friends, I can fool my mind, I can fool the whole damn world sometimes— [DROP — TAMMY + SERENA'S STEEL] But I can't fool midnight When I'm doing fine. [TAMMY SAX OVERDUB — 4 BARS — ANSWERS HER OWN VOCAL] [VERSE 3 — ROUGHER, CLOSE-MIC] I don't miss your morning coffee, Or your boots beside the door, I don't miss you stealing covers, I don't miss your laugh— [STOP] Much anymore. [KEVIN — SINGLE TELECASTER ANSWER] And if your name lights up my phone, I let it ring at least three times. Just so you know I'm doing fine. [PRE-CHORUS] That's what I tell everybody, That's what I practice in the glass. But every little lie gets weaker Every hour after last call passes. [CHORUS — RASPIER, MORE EXPOSED] I do fine till the lights go down, Till the last call clears this side of town, Till a song comes on that knows too much And my hands remember how you touched. I can fool my friends, I can fool my mind, I can fool the whole damn world sometimes— But I can't fool midnight When I'm doing fine. [INSTRUMENTAL — STUDIO OVERDUB CONVERSATION] [SERENA PEDAL STEEL — 4 BARS] [TAMMY TENOR SAX ANSWERS — 4 BARS] [STEEL + SAX TRADE SHORT PHRASES] [KEVIN TELECASTER — MINIMAL FILLS] [BRIDGE — STRIP TO CONOR BASS + WILLIE BRUSHES] Maybe getting over someone Ain't a road you walk away. Maybe every mile behind you Leaves a little yesterday. [TAMMY — VOICE ROUGHENS, ALMOST BREAKS] Maybe saying I don't need you Is just one more pretty lie— [SILENCE] But I've gotten damn good at saying I'm doing fine. [FINAL CHORUS — START SMALL, GRADUAL BUILD] I do fine till the lights go down, Till there's nobody left in this whole damn town, Till your memory pulls a chair up close Like the one damn guest that never goes. I can fool my friends, I can fool my mind, I can almost fool myself sometimes— [DROP — TAMMY SOLO, CLOSE-MIC] But I can't fool midnight. [SERENA — PEDAL STEEL SWELL] No, I can't fool midnight. [TAMMY SAX — LOW, BREATHY ANSWER] When I'm doing fine. [OUTRO — OVERDUBBED STEEL + SAX DUET] [12/8 GROOVE FALLS AWAY] [TAMMY SAX HOLDS LAST BLUE NOTE] [ROOM TONE — FADE]
