I found your note in the old blue book

Between the train stuff and a grocery list

The page was bent at the corner edge

Like it held its breath for a lot of years

Your laugh came back from the yellow line

Soft as rain on the window glass

In the room, we went still like it knew your name

Like a hand on my shoulder from a far off day

You stay, you stay, you stay in me (You stay in me)

Like grass in April (You stay, you stay)

You stay, you stay in me (You stay in me)

When the whole world drifts

There was that chair by the cracked front step

Where you peeled the peaches with a pocket knife

Sun on your hands, dust on your shoes

And the whole backyard felt alive with you

Now every small thing brings you close again

A chipped white plate, a song through the wall

And I don't chase it, I let it come

'Cause the hurt and the sweetness wear the same perfume

You stay, you stay, you stay in me (You stay in me)

Like grass in April (You stay, you stay)

You stay, you stay in me (You stay in me)

When the whole world drifts

I used to think time would take you away

But it only changed the shape of your face

Now I can smile and I can break

And I can hold what I can't replace

You stay, you stay, you stay in me (You stay in me)

Like grass in April (You stay, you stay)

You stay, you stay in me (You stay in me)

And I carry it

You stay

You stay in me 'til the morning comes