I play all of your favorite songs, our favorites
To hear you in the chords, simple notes and phrases
The highs and lows of her voice carry me downtown
To the places we’ve been and treasures we’ve found
I imagine our steps on the stairs and the sidewalk
In my new fashion of your worn down jacket
And gloves and pretending it’s your hands
Not just fabric, harsh like the words of your mouth
The day you said you wanted out, wanted more
I climb back in my car, wipe tears, shut the door
Turn up heat that feels chilled in your absence
And I play the songs you loved and I couldn’t stand
I imagine as the tracks go back to begin
You’d repeat and come back again