Paper Birds

[Verse 1]
You left your denim on my chair
Like you’d be back by morning
I kept the window cracked for air
And the house kept your name on it
Your cup still marks the counter
Your key still knows my door

[Pre-Chorus]
And I tried to fold it up
Tried to make it small
But every little thing you touched
Keeps standing in the hall

[Chorus]
Don’t go, don’t go
Stay a little longer
Don’t go, don’t go
My hands still want your thunder
If you’re a match, I’m paper birds
I burn, I burn
Don’t go, don’t go
Stay a little longer

[Verse 2]
I found your song in my coat
Mixed with rain and cedar
Played it low through Sunday smoke
Till the room got meaner
I laughed at how a tiny ghost
Can fill a whole address

[Pre-Chorus]
And I tried to fold it up
Tried to make it small
But every little thing you touched
Keeps standing in the hall

[Chorus]
Don’t go, don’t go
Stay a little longer
Don’t go, don’t go
My hands still want your thunder
If you’re a match, I’m paper birds
I burn, I burn
Don’t go, don’t go
Stay a little longer

[Bridge]
If you come back soft
I’ll come back slower
If you come back late
I’ll still know your shoulders
One more night, one more try
One more door with the porch light on

[Chorus]
Don’t go, don’t go
Stay a little longer
Don’t go, don’t go
My hands still want your thunder
If you’re a match, I’m paper birds
I burn, I burn
Don’t go, don’t go
Stay a little longer