Puddle Choir

[Verse] Woke before the streetlights dimmed Cobblestones still wearing rain Every window breathing steam And a sparrow on the drain [Pre-Chorus] Drops keep rolling off the leaves Falling slow like they forgot How to hurry, how to leave How to be a normal thought [Chorus] Sing it, little feathered thing Puddle choir is wide awake Let the gutter rooftops ring Tell the morning what to make Of the quiet, of the gray Of the silver on the lake [Verse] Pavement wears a shiny coat Mailboxes lean in to hear Every puddle holds a throat Tuning up the atmosphere [Pre-Chorus] Robin tilting on a wire Bicycle bells across the square Coffee steam above the mire Curling up the cool damp air [Chorus] Sing it, little feathered thing Puddle choir is wide awake Let the gutter rooftops ring Tell the morning what to make Of the quiet, of the gray Of the silver on the lake [Instrumental Solo] [Bridge] If a city can be gentle If a Tuesday can be new If the weather can be mental Then a bird can carry two Notes at once across the blue Notes at once across the blue [Chorus] Sing it, little feathered thing Puddle choir is wide awake Let the gutter rooftops ring Tell the morning what to make Of the quiet, of the gray Of the silver on the lake [Outro] Singing soft, the sparrow sings Puddle choir, the morning brings