Track 7 of the album Kitchen Light, Three in the Morning · 2024
One Minute Before I Knock
“Standing at your gate with a minute to go. All the nerves are in the pause before the downbeat.”
jazz · romantic jazz · hushed jazz · 4:19
Lyrics
I'm standing at your gate The hour is nearly nine My hand is in my pocket The streetlamp's gold and kind The porch light's on, I see it The curtain's moving slow I rehearsed a hundred speeches Now not one will go One minute before I knock The whole street holds its breath One minute before I knock I'm brave enough for this Sixty seconds, one small door And I can't wait no more One minute before I knock A cab goes by, then quiet The rain has gone away If I turn around now, darling I'd wonder all my days One minute before I knock The whole street holds its breath One minute before I knock I'm brave enough for this Sixty seconds, one small door And I can't wait no more One minute before I knock Be honest, be gentle Say it plain Let the door decide Whatever it may say One minute before I knock The whole street holds its breath One minute before I knock I'm brave enough for this Sixty seconds, one small door And I can't wait no more One minute before I knock Now I knock Now I knock