Hold This End

Garage-soul with psychedelic pop color; small-room tape warmth, brisk 116 BPM with a loose live-drum pocket, springy electric bass alone for two bars before a tight drum pickup, fuzzy rhythm guitar joining on line three, warm percussive electric piano entering at the chorus; brief band stop before the final chorus, joyful imperfect full-band return; intimate conversational lead with a little grain, close call-and-response harmonies around the hook

[Intro: two bars of springy electric bass alone, then tight drum pickup] [Verse 1] The shelf came down on Sunday With the cookbooks and the clock You arrived with two bent brackets And a little wooden box We moved the table sideways Rolled the carpet to the door Found a button and a photograph We’d both been looking for [Chorus] Hold this end While I get the other Lift it up A little to the left Hold this end We can talk it over When we’ve got Somewhere to put the rest [Verse 2] You said I hadn’t called you I said neither one had called The drill was making that sad noise It makes against the wall You found the solid timber I went looking for the screws We measured it three different ways And picked the one we knew [Chorus] Hold this end While I get the other Lift it up A little to the left Hold this end We can talk it over When we’ve got Somewhere to put the rest [Bridge] I’m sorry for the station For the things I said outside You kept turning that screwdriver Then you looked me in the eye “I was waiting for you” “I know” The clock lay quiet on the floor You handed me the level And we tried a little more [Final Chorus] Hold this end While I get the other Lift it up A little to the left Hold this end We can talk it over When we’ve got Somewhere to put the rest [Outro] It leans a little So do we Put the clock back Let it be

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