Ink and Rain

[Intro]
[Verse]
The latch clicks shut
In this paper rut
The streetlamp glows dim
Right on the rim
Of a midnight whim
Upright bass starts to sigh
As the clouds drift by
In a velvet sky
[Pre-Chorus]
I find a hidden mark
In the deep and dark
A tiny little spark
Left by a stranger's hand
In this quiet land
I start to understand
[Chorus]
Blue ink turned to grey
Words you had to say
Before you walked away
Everything is just
In a world we can't trust
In the golden dust
Tracing ghosts of the heart
Where the stories start
[Verse]
Smell of cedar and glue
Something borrowed and blue
I'm looking for you
Between the stanzas and rhymes
From much simpler times
Before the bells chimed
A coffee stain on the edge
Like a silent little pledge
On a lonely window ledge
[Chorus]
Blue ink turned to grey
Words you had to say
Before you walked away
Everything is just
In a world we can't trust
In the golden dust
Tracing ghosts of the heart
Where the stories start
[Bridge]
The tenor sax moans low
With nowhere left to go
The rain begins to show
Patterns on the storefront pane
Driving me slightly insane
Drowning out all the pain
I wonder if you're near
Or if you've disappeared
[Solo]
Ba-da-de-da-doo-way
Shoo-be-do-ba-lay
Mmm-hmm-da-day
Do-wap-de-da-zazz
Softest kind of jazz
All the heart it has
Bee-bo-da-lay-low
Watch the candle go
[Verse]
One more page to turn
With a quiet little burn
For the lessons I learn
The spine is cracked and old
A story yet untold
In the damp and the cold
I'll leave it on the shelf
A secret to myself
Like a porcelain elf
[Chorus]
Blue ink turned to grey
Words you had to say
Before you walked away
Everything is just
In a world we can't trust
In the golden dust
Tracing ghosts of the heart
Where the stories start
[Post-Chorus]
Just a whisper in the hall
Shadows on the wall
Waiting for the call
Tracing ghosts of the heart
Never far apart
At the very start
[Outro]