The Silver Basement

[Intro]
[Verse]
Rain hits the pavement
Near the dark basement
I saw your face
In this lonely space
Time started slowing
Without us even knowing
Just a very soft hello
In the golden streetlamp glow
[Chorus]
It’s a bittersweet blue
Seeing the ghost of you
In the neon reflection
A quiet connection
Whisper a secret low
Where did the golden years go?
Just a soft and steady beat
On a cold and rain-slicked street
[Post-Chorus]
Doo-ba-dee-day
Shadows that sway
The rain keeps falling
The night is calling
[Verse]
The streetcar is humming
Like a storm is coming
Your collar is turned up
Like a half-empty cup
You look the same way
In the soft light of the day
Holding that old umbrella
Like a fine and aged fella
[Chorus]
It’s a bittersweet blue
Seeing the ghost of you
In the neon reflection
A quiet connection
Whisper a secret low
Where did the golden years go?
Just a soft and steady beat
On a cold and rain-slicked street
[Solo]
Saxophone starts to play
Flugelhorn leads the way
[Bridge]
Ice in the bourbon glass
Watching the shadows pass
We were just children then
Now we are paper and pen
Writing the ending line
Feeling mostly fine
But the heart has a key
To what used to be
[Verse]
I leaned to the mic
What was it like?
To lose every trace
Of your beautiful face
I wanted to stay
In the mist and the gray
A secret I keep
While the city’s asleep
Just a breath in the air
To show that I care
[Chorus]
It’s a bittersweet blue
Seeing the ghost of you
In the neon reflection
A quiet connection
Whisper a secret low
Where did the golden years go?
Just a soft and steady beat
On a cold and rain-slicked street
[Outro]