Lyrics
I lost my key on a Tuesday Somewhere between the bus and the gate Stood on the step in my good coat Hoping the evening would wait Next door a curtain moved slightly A face I have passed for years Never a word but a nod Never a cup, never a care Oh, the spare key is somewhere in your yard Under a stone, under the dark And I never knew your name But you've kept a light on just the same Oh, the spare key is somewhere in your yard And the world is not as hard As I made it in my head When I walked past you instead You came out in your slippers Holding a flashlight and a cup Said, I've watched you leave at sunrise And I always wait up We looked in the flowerpots together Under the mat and the stair Two strangers in the porch light Finding something we shared Oh, the spare key is somewhere in your yard Under a stone, under the dark And I never knew your name But you've kept a light on just the same Oh, the spare key is somewhere in your yard And the world is not as hard As I made it in my head When I walked past you instead Eleven years of waving From behind a window pane Eleven years of nothing And one night of rain Funny what a lost thing Can lead a person to A name, a warm kitchen And a door that opens through Now I leave the gate unlatched And a casserole on your sill You leave me a light on When I'm coming home late still I found the key on Thursday In my other coat, you see But I kept it quiet, neighbour Stay for tea with me Oh, the spare key is somewhere in your yard Under a stone, under the dark And now I know your name And you've kept a light on just the same Oh, the spare key is somewhere in your yard And the world is not as hard As I made it in my head When I walked past you instead Keep a light on, neighbour Keep a light on for me