Ninety Days

Intro

Organ alone, a coin set down on a wooden table

Verse 1

Got a coin in my pocket, says ninety on the frontCheap little plastic, but it's heavy as a stoneWalked past the Lucky Seven on my way home from workAnd the neon said my name like it knew me all along

Pre-Chorus

And the devil don't yell, noHe just leans on the doorAnd says "One won't hurt you"Like he said it before

Chorus

Ninety days, I'm still standingNinety days, and he's still knockingEvery morning I wake up and choose againNinety days, ain't a lifetimeBut it's the longest I've been goneFrom the man I used to beAnd I'm holding on

Verse 2

Called my mama on a Sunday, she didn't know my voiceSaid "Baby, you sound clearer than the radio"My daughter let me walk her to the bus stop in the rainDidn't say a word, but she held on to my coat

Pre-Chorus

And the devil don't yell, noHe just leans on the doorAnd says "Look what you're missing"Well, I've seen it before

Chorus

Ninety days, I'm still standingNinety days, and he's still knockingEvery morning I wake up and choose againNinety days, ain't a lifetimeBut it's the longest I've been goneFrom the man I used to beAnd I'm holding on

Bridge

Band drops out, choir enters, clapping

One day at a time, one day at a timeLord, I can't do ninety, but I can do oneOne day at a time, one day at a timeAnd when the one is over, give me one more

Final Chorus

Full band, horns, choir, voice tearing open

Ninety days, I'm still standingNinety days, let him keep on knockingEvery morning I wake up and choose againNinety days, ain't a lifetimeBut it's the longest I've been goneFrom the man I used to beAnd I'm holding on

Outro

Organ and voice

Day ninety-oneHere I come