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Cormac Blake

Stay a little longer

Sings at funerals and weddings, often the same week

the numbers

bpm
99
key
F major
energy
0.71
dance
0.91
valence
0.57
vocal at
2.1s
length
3:14
language
En

lyrics

At the bus stop by the pier, your coat was salt and blue

You held a paper ticket fold and rubbed the sleeve through

The No. 4 hissed past the bay, then skipped the turning lane

You laughed at some small joke, and I forgot my name

Your knuckles caught the rail, my hand stayed half a beat

A gull cried over Parnell Road, the wind pushed at my feet

You turned, then turned again, with rain on your fringe

And that was where the old road broke, at the edge of the hinge

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

At the bus stop, I knew

Your shoe tapped once on wet stone, then twice on the curb

I watched your thumb around the strap, quiet and superb

The driver leaned and checked his watch, the doors gave a sigh

You said my name like you might keep it, then you let it lie

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

At the bus stop, I knew

The timetable in the glass was fogged by our breath

Your shoulder brushed my jacket sleeve, and that was nearly left

The engine shook the shelter roof, the coins in my palm

And in that second, my whole world went from rough to calm

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

Stay a little longer

At the bus stop, I knew