Ink on Yellow Paper
vocal jazz

Ink on Yellow Paper

Kibi

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88–98 BPM swing feel, D minor, warm close-mic’d female vocal jazz, instrumentation: upright bass, brush-played jazz drums, softly muted flugelhorn (substituted for trumpet), warm grand piano, no sax on this cut; vocal style nods to Billie Holiday’s smoky phrasing, Ella’s effortless light scat ad-libs, Norah Jones’s soft conversational intimacy, cool, tender, soft-edged late-night reverie, not smoky club this time: quiet empty apartment after the last guest leaves, rain streaking the fire escape window, half-empty tea mug on the windowsill; lyrics are soft, bittersweet reflection on a faded handwritten postcard found tucked in an old poetry book, gentle longing unsharpened by regret, quiet gratitude for a short, sweet memory that still lingers like soft lamplight, scat breaks mirror the soft patter of rain on glass, intimate as a murmur to oneself.

歌词

[Intro]
[Verse]
The party guests have gone home
I’m sitting here quite alone
Rain streaks the fire escape
Shadows take a lonely shape
Half-empty mug on the sill
The city’s finally still
[Chorus]
Faded ink on yellow paper
Sweetest ghost of yesterday
Like a soft and silent vapor
You never really went away
[Verse]
Tucked inside an old book
I took a second look
Your handwriting was so small
I can almost hear you call
A memory short and sweet
A rhythm with a soft beat
[Chorus]
Faded ink on yellow paper
Sweetest ghost of yesterday
Like a soft and silent vapor
You never really went away
[Bridge]
The flugelhorn hums a low tune
Under a hidden silver moon
Gratitude glows like a lamp
In the air so cool and damp
No bitterness in the tea
Just peace inside of me
[Solo]
Do-ba-da-dee-da rain on the glass
Shoo-be-doo-way let the time pass
Mmm-da-ba-da soft as a sigh
Doo-da-dee-day under the sky
[Chorus]
Faded ink on yellow paper
Sweetest ghost of yesterday
Like a soft and silent vapor
You never really went away
[Post-Chorus]
Tucked away in the pages
Safe from all the ages
A little piece of the light
Keeping me warm tonight
Warm tonight
Safe and bright
[Outro]

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