Verse 1: Male

I saved your seat beside the window

Where the rain could blur the town

You said you might be coming

Then the evening folded down

I told the waiter, "Give her time"

He stopped asking after two

The coffee cooled between my hands

Like every word from you

Verse 2: Female

I found your letter in my coat sleeve

After winter left the street

I read it by the kitchen sink

With bare and trembling feet

You wrote that I was kind to you

But kindness was not flame

I held the page against my chest

And still it knew my name