Track 1 of the album Candle Down · 2019
Mixtape for a Rainy Tuesday
“Rain on the glass and a mixtape nobody asked for. This is how I'd like every afternoon to start.”
jazz · rainy-day jazz · cosy jazz · 3:59
Lyrics
The rain has come to stay today It taps upon the glass So I will make a mixtape For the hours as they pass A slow song for the kettle A soft one for the chair A waltz for the washing up With the steam rising in the air Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Press the button, let it play Every song a little blanket For the grey and gentle day Slippers on and the lamp turned low Let the music wrap me round Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Sweetest sound I hear the old guitar I loved When I was twenty-three A trumpet that once taught me How a heart can be set free I'll put in one for my mother Who hummed it at the sink And one for a friend far away So he knows that I think Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Press the button, let it play Every song a little blanket For the grey and gentle day Slippers on and the lamp turned low Let the music wrap me round Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Sweetest sound The window fogs with breathing The soup is on the stove And everything I'm missing Seems a little less remote So turn it up, just softly Let the room become a song Now the last track slowly fades To a patter and a hum I'll write the names in pencil Of the songs that made me come Back to my own small kitchen And my own small bit of light Rainy Tuesday, you were kind Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Press the button, let it play Every song a little blanket For the grey and gentle day Slippers on and the lamp turned low Let the music wrap me round Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Sweetest sound Mixtape for a rainy Tuesday Sweetest sound