Track 9 of the album Weather Diaries · 2015
The Jar of Lost Things by the Till
“Every shop has a jar of lost things, and every one of them is a small story. I only wrote down one.”
art song · art song · folk-tinged · 3:51
Lyrics
There's a jar beside the till Where the lost things gather still A key, a button, one blue bead A dozen things that no one needs The shopkeeper says, someone will call Someone always comes, that's all She polishes the glass with care As if the owners may be there Oh, the jar of lost things by the till Keeps a little hope for us still Every key has a door somewhere Every button, a coat to wear Oh, the jar of lost things by the till Waits for the ones who wander still What we drop along the way Someone keeps for another day I set down a glove I found Frosted on the pavement ground The bell above the door rings clear Someone will be missing it here Oh, the jar of lost things by the till Keeps a little hope for us still Every key has a door somewhere Every button, a coat to wear Oh, the jar of lost things by the till Waits for the ones who wander still What we drop along the way Someone keeps for another day And I have lost a thing or two A word, a year, a way I knew If I walked in, would it be there Glinting softly, kept with care Someone keeps it, someone keeps All the small things that we leave