Spare

[Intro: Portuguese guitar alone, rubato] [Verse 1] I cut my brother Rui a key the winter he was twenty two For anytime, I told him, anything, my door is there for you He came one Tuesday while I worked and let himself inside And took the television and the coins I'd put aside I came home to a square of dust where the television stood And everyone said, change the lock, and I never could [Chorus] I kept a spare for you Cut new at every door I kept a spare for you And I don't know what for Maybe you will never turn it Maybe you're already gone But I kept a spare for you And I left the chain undone [Verse 2] I moved from Alfama to Estrela, then the flat above the tram And every time I mailed a key to you, a note, here's where I am To a room above a bar in Mouraria, then a shelter by the quay And the river never answered, and the post brought nothing back to me [Half Chorus] I kept a spare for you Cut new at every door I kept a spare for you And I don't know what for [Bridge: Portuguese guitar alone under the voice] There were nights I prayed you'd use it There were nights I prayed you'd stay away And the nights I heard the stairs creak I didn't know which prayer to say [Verse 3: full guitars return] Then a Thursday in October, someone knocking at my door Not a key, a knock, the way he used to knock when he was four It was Rui in a borrowed shirt, one year clean, he said it plain He had my key on a string around his neck, and he knocked all the same Then he pressed a new key in my palm, his room across the river And he said, for anytime, for anything, and his hand began to shiver [Final Chorus: full voice] I kept a spare for you And you kept it all along Through every night I'll never know You wore it like a song Now two keys on my table Lie together, side by side I kept a spare for you And you knocked, and I let you inside [Outro: Portuguese guitar alone, spoken female] You have a key, Rui [Spoken male] I'll knock [Spoken female] Come in