Faded Ink and Leather

[Intro]
[Verse]
Found a crumpled slip
Hiding in the hem
Leather starts to rip
Found a hidden gem
Twenty years of dust
Settled in the rust
Nineteen-eighty-nine
Written on the line
[Pre-Chorus]
A stranger’s shaky hand
Left a little trace
In this lonely land
I can see her face
Tracing every letter
Feeling so much better
[Chorus]
Oh the love stays warm
Long after they are gone
Through the winter storm
Life keeps moving on
It is a quiet relief
In a moment brief
Echoes in the thread
Words they never said
[Post-Chorus]
It echoes on and on
Even when they are gone
It echoes on and on
Until the break of dawn
[Verse]
Sitting on the grate
Fire escape is high
Thinking ‘bout that date
Underneath the sky
Did he hold her hand?
Did they have a plan?
Golden hour glow
Watching traffic flow
[Chorus]
Oh the love stays warm
Long after they are gone
Through the winter storm
Life keeps moving on
It is a quiet relief
In a moment brief
Echoes in the thread
Words they never said
[Bridge]
The Wurlitzer is humming low
Where did all the people go?
The horns begin to cry
Underneath the purple sky
Love is just a ghost
When we need it most
But it never dies
In these tired eyes
[Hook]
Faded ink and leather
Holding it together
Faded ink and leather
Better late than never
[Chorus]
Oh the love stays warm
Long after they are gone
Through the winter storm
Life keeps moving on
It is a quiet relief
In a moment brief
Echoes in the thread
Words they never said
[Breakdown]
A ticket to a show
From a life I do not know
A ticket to a show
Watch the feelings grow
[Outro]