Track 1 of the EP Say It Plain · 2026
Say It Plain Over the Teacups
“I was wrong about the wedding, and I said so over the teacups. It took me two years to find the words and about four minutes to sing them.”
folk-pop · apology folk · confident folk-pop · 3:30
Lyrics
I was wrong about the wedding, brother I said it in the voice I use for winning Thirty years we've argued over nothing But this one had a bite, and it was mine So I put the kettle on at your back door And I stood there till the steam began to sing Say it plain over the teacups Say it slow, say it kind I was wrong, and I'm sorry And you're the brother on my mind Pour the milk and pass the sugar Let the quiet do its part Say it plain over the teacups It's an old and simple art You looked at me with Father's eyebrows Raised the way he raised them when I lied Then you pushed the biscuit tin across the table And that was all the answer, and it was wide We talked about the weather and the roses And the thing we couldn't say stayed said Say it plain over the teacups Say it slow, say it kind I was wrong, and I'm sorry And you're the brother on my mind Pour the milk and pass the sugar Let the quiet do its part Say it plain over the teacups It's an old and simple art Pride is a coat that keeps no one warm Take it off at the door We've been boys on the same cold stair We've been men who forgot it before But the cups are full and the light is low And there's nowhere else I'd rather go Say it plain over the teacups Say it slow, say it kind I was wrong, and I'm sorry And you're the brother on my mind Pour the milk and pass the sugar Let the quiet do its part Say it plain over the teacups It's an old and simple art It's an old and simple art It's an old and simple art