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Della Rae Hutchins

HE PUTS THE KETTLE ON

Keeps a notebook of things people said to her and dates them like evidence

style

  • country pop
  • narrative songwriting
  • acoustic guitar
  • subtle banjo
  • warm female vocal
  • clear and storytelling
  • big polished chorus
  • bridge key change
  • radio production
  • southern american drawl

the numbers

bpm
99
key
A# major
energy
0.67
dance
0.94
valence
0.46
vocal at
4.0s
length
2:59
language
En

lyrics

(the kettle)

Eleven years I've driven the long way round the water
Twenty extra minutes to arrive as who I am
And every single time I've walked in through that door
There has been a cup of tea that was made too early

He puts the kettle on (the kettle on)
When I'm at the water, kettle on
Not when I'm at the door, kettle on
Kettle on

He puts the kettle on, kettle on, kettle on
He has timed my hiding place down to the minute
He puts the kettle on, kettle on, kettle on
Eleven years and neither of us says a word

(key change up)
I asked him. Finally. In March. Why he never mentioned it.
He said "you'd have stopped doing it if I said."
So he let me keep the twenty minutes. For eleven years.

He puts the kettle on, kettle on, kettle on
He has timed my hiding place down to the minute
He puts the kettle on, kettle on, kettle on
Eleven years and neither of us says a word

(the kettle on...)