We Never Said It Out Loud

Lyrics

You carried the chairs in the hall after practice
I wrote out the lyrics in pencil, in rows
Nobody clapped when we finished the chorus
But the whole room went quiet, and we both knew

Years went by like the buses at dusk
Small jobs, small rooms, and a song now and then
We never made posters, we never made money
But look at the folk who still hum it again

We never said it out loud
But I'm proud, I'm proud
Of the plain good work and the steady hands
Of the way we stood when the doors were closed
We never said it out loud
But it shows, it shows
In the way that the old tune still comes round
And the quiet pride is a kind of sound

A girl at the bus stop is humming our melody
She doesn't know where she picked it up
That's the whole of the prize I was ever after
A song that outlives the cup

Lift your head, old friend
Look at what we made
Small as a lantern
And it never did fade

We never said it out loud
But I'm proud, I'm proud
Of the plain good work and the steady hands
Of the way we stood when the doors were closed
We never said it out loud
But it shows, it shows
In the way that the old tune still comes round
And the quiet pride is a kind of sound

We never said it out loud
But I'm proud, I'm proud