Your Jacket Still Smells of Rain

Lyrics

You put your jacket round my arms
Beneath the shelter of the bridge
The rain came down in silver lines
And you said, keep it, I'll be fine
It's hanging on my kitchen door
Beside the keys, beside the shawl
I've washed it once and still it keeps
The smell of rain, the smell of fall

Your jacket still smells of rain
Of a Tuesday and a puddled street
I wear it when I'm lonely
And it makes the evening sweet
I meant to give it back to you
I meant to, once or twice
But a jacket's just a small way
Of keeping someone nice

The sleeves are long, they cover hands
That I keep curled around my tea
There's a button hanging by a thread
That I keep sewing back for me
There's a ticket in the pocket
And a mint, half out of its wrap
A little map of where you've been
Folded up in my lap

Your jacket still smells of rain
Of a Tuesday and a puddled street
I wear it when I'm lonely
And it makes the evening sweet
I meant to give it back to you
I meant to, once or twice
But a jacket's just a small way
Of keeping someone nice

Maybe I will bring it round
Maybe knock and say hello
Maybe you will say, oh keep it
Maybe you will not let go
The porch light on the landing
The kettle on the stove
It's only just a jacket
But it's close to something more

Your jacket still smells of rain
Of a Tuesday and a puddled street
I'll wear it up your garden path
And knock with muddy feet
I meant to give it back to you
And now I think I might
But I'll hold it just a moment more
In the soft and falling light

Smells of rain
Smells of rain