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Della Rae Hutchins

Small Town Receipts

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
0.93
valence
0.59
vocal at
5.5s
length
2:29
language
En

lyrics

(instrumental, 4 bars)

July the ninth, you said I'd never leave this county
Your mother was there, she didn't disagree
I wrote it in a notebook with the date beside it
(beside it, beside it)
I keep receipts the way some people keep photographs

You forgot you said it (you forgot)
That's the thing about saying things to somebody quiet

Small town receipts
(receipts, receipts)
Every word you spent on me, I kept the change
Small town receipts
And I'm cashing every single one tonight

August, the parking lot, you laughed at my guitar
Said it was a phase, said it real gentle, which was worse
Gentle is how people say things they think are permanent
(are permanent)
Page eleven. Dated. Underlined in blue.

(key change up)
I'm not angry, I'm just accurate
And accurate lasts longer

Small town receipts
(receipts, receipts)
Every word you spent on me, I kept the change
Small town receipts
And I'm cashing every single one tonight

(small town receipts...)
Small Town Receipts — Della Rae Hutchins · FERAL