You Still Know the Words

Verse 1

Piano and voice

You called me by my father's nameAnd asked when Mum was coming homeShe's been gone for twenty yearsI didn't have the heart to saySo I just held your hand

Pre-Chorus

So I hummed your favourite oneAnd something opened in your eyes

Chorus

You still know the wordsEvery single line of itEven when you don't know meYou still know the words

Verse 2

The nurses stop outside the doorYou're singing harmony to meYou're word for word, you're right on timeFor three whole minutes, you're still you

Pre-Chorus

So I hummed your favourite oneAnd something opened in your eyes

Chorus

Strings and drums enter

You still know the wordsEvery single line of itEven when you don't know meYou still know the words

Bridge

Everything drops, piano and voice alone

So I'll keep singing every SundayFor as long as you sing back

Final Chorus

Key change, full band, a long held high note

You still know the wordsEvery single line of itEven when you don't know meYou still know the wordsYou still know the wordsEvery single line of itEven when you don't know meWe still know the words