The Green Between the Lines

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dusty shelves at five o'clock
Keys turn in the heavy lock
Alphabetical and slow
Watch the amber sunlight glow
Cardboard box upon the floor
Left beside the wooden door
A collection bound in blue
Waiting for a view that's new
[Chorus]
Paper thin and turning gold
Stories that were never told
Four small leaves of lucky green
Hidden in the space between
In a book from seventy-four
I don't need to ask for more
[Verse]
Broken spine and yellowed ink
Makes a quiet person think
Verses about summer rain
Pressed against a paper grain
Did you find them in the park?
Before the sky grew cold and dark?
Was it for a secret love?
Blessed by light from up above?
[Pre-Chorus]
Celesta rings a tiny bell
Secrets that the pages tell
A stranger's hand, a quiet find
Left a little luck behind
[Chorus]
Paper thin and turning gold
Stories that were never told
Four small leaves of lucky green
Hidden in the space between
In a book from seventy-four
I don't need to ask for more
[Bridge]
No one knows your name today
But your joy has found a way
Through the decades, through the dust
In a rhythm we can trust
A gentle spark, a silent song
Where the lucky ones belong
[Chorus]
Paper thin and turning gold
Stories that were never told
Four small leaves of lucky green
Hidden in the space between
In a book from seventy-four
I don't need to ask for more
[Outro]