Save Me a Seat on the Bench by the Green

Lyrics

I bring a flask of something warm to the bench beneath the tree
You bring a bag of crusts for the ducks and a pocketful of company
We don't say very much these days, we let the leaves go by
There's a kind of easy kindness in the quiet you and I

Save me a seat on the bench by the green
The best of the day is the kind in between
A flask and a friend and a sun sinking slow
Save me a seat, there's nowhere else to go

The children chase the conkers down and the dog collects the sticks
The church clock chimes a quarter and the weathervane just flicks
You tell me about the garden and the roses you pruned too hard
I tell you how the evening light comes gold across the yard

Save me a seat on the bench by the green
The best of the day is the kind in between
A flask and a friend and a sun sinking slow
Save me a seat, there's nowhere else to go

We have been here for ages
In different kinds of weather
Sharing out the biscuits
And the days all stitched together
Whatever else is changing
Whatever turns or ends
The bench will keep our places
And a seat is all that mends

Save me a seat on the bench by the green
The best of the day is the kind in between
A flask and a friend and a sun sinking slow
Save me a seat, there's nowhere else to go

Save me a seat, there's nowhere else to go