Track 3 of the album The Third Chair · 2015
Keep the Jacket, Keep the Rain
“Someone gave me a jacket on a rainy night and I've been giving it back, in song, ever since. I think the rain helped me, honestly.”
jazz ballad · chanson-tinged · torch song · 3:33
Lyrics
You put your jacket on my shoulders Outside the Blue Lagoon The rain came down like curtains falling At the end of a tune I said I'd bring it back on Friday You said there was no rush Now it hangs behind my door Still warm, or so it feels to us Keep the jacket, keep the rain Keep the way you said my name It still smells of smoke and cedar And a night I'd live again Keep the jacket, keep the rain I am not giving it back Some things that borrow our hearts Were never meant to go back Years have turned the sleeves a little Soft as an old goodbye I put it on when it is raining And I never ask you why If you knock I will open the door If you ask I will say yes But the pocket holds a ticket stub And I would keep the rest Keep the jacket, keep the rain Keep the way you said my name It still smells of smoke and cedar And a night I'd live again Keep the jacket, keep the rain I am not giving it back Some things that borrow our hearts Were never meant to go back Keep the rain Keep the rain