Track 1 of the album Slow Tide Home · 2016
Shade Is a Place You Can Share
“A hot afternoon where even the pigeons walk slow, and I'm happy to follow them. Shade is the one thing you can give away for free.”
bossa nova · bossa nova · summer cafe jazz · 3:32
Lyrics
The pavement shimmers, the sun is high Even the pigeons walk slow There's a tree on the corner with a wide green hat And a bench where the cool winds blow Come, sit down, there's room for two We'll wait the afternoon out here Shade is a place you can share Under the leaves, in the lazy air Ice in the glass, a song on the breeze Nowhere to be, and nothing to prove Shade is a place you can share I'm glad you're here The ice cream man rings his little bell The children run in the spray An old man fans himself with a hat And nods as he goes his way We pass the lemonade back and forth And laugh at the heat we cannot beat Shade is a place you can share Under the leaves, in the lazy air Ice in the glass, a song on the breeze Nowhere to be, and nothing to prove Shade is a place you can share I'm glad you're here Let the city bake, let the thermometer climb We've got a bench and we've got the time The shadows grow long, the day gets kind The sun will go down, and we won't mind Now the light turns gold on the old brick wall And a small cool wind comes by I'll walk you home the slow way round Under every tree we find Tomorrow may be hot again We know where the shade will be Shade is a place you can share Under the leaves, in the lazy air Ice in the glass, a song on the breeze Nowhere to be, and nothing to prove Shade is a place you can share I'm glad you're here Shade is a place you can share I'm glad you're here