Half Past

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V6-WILD

[INTRO — instrumental, tumbling bass, nervous sax flutters]

[VERSE 1 — rapid, jittery]
She said meet at half past, I got here at seven (uh)
Sat in the car listening to side one of an eleven
Dollar cassette — calm down, man, it's dinner not a trial
Practice saying my own name in a normal style
In the rearview — hi, I'm Ed — too stiff, too plain
Hi, hey, hello — I been out of the game
Since dial-up — she walks in wearing blue
And I stand up too fast and knock the water, ooh
Onto the bread basket — there it is — hello, I'm Ed
I brought a tsunami — she laughs and shakes her head
And says her hands shook the whole drive over
And just like that the ice gives up its cover

[HOOK — jittery, warm]
Half past seven, right on time (right on time)
Fifty years old and I'm reading the wine
List like a novel — you nervous too?
Good — let's be nervous, me and you
(half past)

[VERSE 2 — warmer, steadier]
We talk about our kids like two ambassadors
Careful, proud, a little formal, then hers
Gets described as feral and we're off — real talk now
Her divorce, my divorce, two ships, one dock, how
Do people do this twice — dessert arrives
She steals my cherry with a fork like she's five
I say that was mine — she says we're sharing now
And something in my chest remembers how
To want — quiet, no trumpet, no parade
Just a woman stealing cherries, unafraid
I walk her to her car — she hugs me like a friend
Who might come back — and I drive home around the bend
Smiling at the wheel like an idiot at red lights
Half past — right on time — maybe the rest of my nights

[BRIDGE — piano stabs, voice bare]
First time you fall, it's off a roof
Second time, you climb down slow with both hands
Still falling — just older about it
Still falling — just honest about it

[OUTRO — sax flutters and fades]
(half past... half past...)
She texted before I got home
Right on time

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[INTRO — instrumental, tumbling bass, nervous sax flutters] [VERSE 1 — rapid, jittery] She said meet at half past, I got here at seven (uh) Sat in the car listening to side one of an eleven Dollar cassette — calm down, man, it's dinner not a trial Practice saying my own name in a normal style In the rearview — hi, I'm Ed — too stiff, too plain Hi, hey, hello — I been out of the game Since dial-up — she walks in wearing blue And I stand up too fast and knock the water, ooh Onto the bread basket — there it is — hello, I'm Ed I brought a tsunami — she laughs and shakes her head And says her hands shook the whole drive over And just like that the ice gives up its cover [HOOK — jittery, warm] Half past seven, right on time (right on time) Fifty years old and I'm reading the wine List like a novel — you nervous too? Good — let's be nervous, me and you (half past) [HOOK — jittery, warm] Half past seven, right on time (right on time) Fifty years old and I'm reading the wine List like a novel — you nervous too? Good — let's be nervous, me and you (half past) [VERSE 2 — warmer, steadier] We talk about our kids like two ambassadors Careful, proud, a little formal, then hers Gets described as feral and we're off — real talk now Her divorce, my divorce, two ships, one dock, how Do people do this twice — dessert arrives She steals my cherry with a fork like she's five I say that was mine — she says we're sharing now And something in my chest remembers how To want — quiet, no trumpet, no parade Just a woman stealing cherries, unafraid I walk her to her car — she hugs me like a friend Who might come back — and I drive home around the bend Smiling at the wheel like an idiot at red lights Half past — right on time — maybe the rest of my nights [BRIDGE — piano stabs, voice bare] First time you fall, it's off a roof Second time, you climb down slow with both hands Still falling — just older about it Still falling — just honest about it [OUTRO — sax flutters and fades] (half past... half past...) She texted before I got home Right on time

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