Your Pink Drink

You bring a folding chair to my front lawn

Now that the tomatoes are finally red.

Last winter you threw gravel at my shed,

Before the frost was gone.

You wear a plastic badge that spells my name,

And claim we shared a bicycle in June.

You eat my peaches with a wooden fork,

And fishes for the frame.

You parked your yellow hatchback in the drive,

Right across the hose.

Now everybody knows

Which beehive has the honey in the hive.

A paper crown will melt inside the sink,

You borrow matches just to smell the smoke.

You laugh before I finish up the joke,

And spill the pink drink. (spill the pink drink)

Three years ago you locked the kitchen latch

When I was scraping paint off the garage.

Now you appear inside my montage,

With a matching patch.

You brought a camera with a broken flash,

To prove we built the treehouse in the oak.

Your cufflinks are already coming unhooked,

In the melon patch.

You measure out the carpet with your shoe,

Counting up the chairs.

You climb the attic stairs

To see what belongs to you.

A paper crown will melt inside the sink,

You borrow matches just to smell the smoke.

You laugh before I finish up the joke,

And spill the pink drink.

The magnifying glass is on the lawn,

Catching the noon sun.

You tell the neighbors what we have done,

With your mittens on.

A paper crown will melt inside the sink,

You borrow matches just to smell the smoke.

You laugh before I finish up the joke,

And spill the pink drink. (the pink drink)

You fold my napkin into a white swan,

And tuck it underneath your chin.

The sprinkler spins its tin,

And the curtain is drawn.

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Time Signature: 33/8

Tempo: 140 BPM

Instrumental Intro: faint tack piano establishing key over custom drums

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] [Absus4] [Bbm11] [Csus4]

Verse 1: isolated upfront dry vocal, minimal bass

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] You bring a folding chair to [Absus4] my front lawn

[Bbm11] Now that the tomatoes are [Csus4] finally red.

[Dbsus4(#4)] Last winter you threw gravel [Ebsus4] at my shed,

[Fm11] Before the frost was [Gm7(b5)] gone. [Absus4]

Verse 2: active plucked bass counter-melody, syncopated piano stabs

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] You wear a plastic badge that [Absus4] spells my name,

[Bbm11] And claim we shared a bicycle [Csus4] in June.

[Dbsus4(#4)] You eat my peaches with a [Ebsus4] wooden fork,

[Fm11] And fishes for the [Gm7(b5)] frame. [Absus4]

Pre-Chorus: angular low synth leaps, insistent 33/8 brushes

Key: Ab Lydian

[Absus4(#4)] You parked your yellow hatchback [Bbsus4] in the drive,

[Cm11] Right across the [Dbsus4(#4)] hose.

[Ebsus4] Now everybody [Fm11] knows

[Gm7(b5)] Which beehive has the [Absus4(#4)] honey in the [Bbsus4] hive.

Chorus: fuller acoustic phrasing, bouncing hemiola piano and bass

Key: Bb Dorian

[Bbm11] A paper crown will melt in[Csus4]side the sink,

[Dbsus4(#4)] You borrow matches just to [Ebsus4] smell the smoke.

[Fm11] You laugh before I finish [Gm7(b5)] up the joke,

[Absus4] And spill the [Bbm11] pink drink. (spill the pink drink)

Verse 3: unhurried dry vocal, stepwise climbing upright bass

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] Three years ago you locked the [Absus4] kitchen latch

[Bbm11] When I was scraping paint off [Csus4] the garage.

[Dbsus4(#4)] Now you appear inside my [Ebsus4] montage,

[Fm11] With a matching [Gm7(b5)] patch. [Absus4]

Verse 4: upfront vocal, offbeat tack piano pushes

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] You brought a camera with a [Absus4] broken flash,

[Bbm11] To prove we built the treehouse [Csus4] in the oak.

[Dbsus4(#4)] Your cufflinks are already [Ebsus4] coming unhooked,

[Fm11] In the melon [Gm7(b5)] patch. [Absus4]

Pre-Chorus: subtle cello drone and 33/8 brush accents

Key: Ab Lydian

[Absus4(#4)] You measure out the carpet [Bbsus4] with your shoe,

[Cm11] Counting up the [Dbsus4(#4)] chairs.

[Ebsus4] You climb the attic [Fm11] stairs

[Gm7(b5)] To see what be[Absus4(#4)]longs to [Bbsus4] you.

Chorus: resonant upright bass and syncopated tack piano

Key: Bb Dorian

[Bbm11] A paper crown will melt in[Csus4]side the sink,

[Dbsus4(#4)] You borrow matches just to [Ebsus4] smell the smoke.

[Fm11] You laugh before I finish [Gm7(b5)] up the joke,

[Absus4] And spill the [Bbm11] pink drink.

Bridge: wide angular 7th and 11th synth leaps

Key: Db Lydian

[Dbsus4(#4)] The magnifying glass is [Ebsus4] on the lawn,

[Fm11] Catching the noon [Gm7(b5)] sun.

[Absus4] You tell the neighbors [Bbm11] what we have done,

[Csus4] With your mittens [Dbsus4(#4)] on.

Chorus: intimate full ensemble, crisp acoustic separation

Key: Bb Dorian

[Bbm11] A paper crown will melt in[Csus4]side the sink,

[Dbsus4(#4)] You borrow matches just to [Ebsus4] smell the smoke.

[Fm11] You laugh before I finish [Gm7(b5)] up the joke,

[Absus4] And spill the [Bbm11] pink drink. (the pink drink)

Final Chorus: intense vocal delivery

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] You fold my napkin into [Absus4] a white swan,

[Bbm11] And tuck it underneath [Csus4] your chin.

[Dbsus4(#4)] The sprinkler spins its [Ebsus4] tin,

[Fm11] And the curtain [Absus4] is [Gm7(b5)] drawn.

Instrumental Outro: fading instruments

Key: G Locrian

[Gm7(b5)] [Absus4] [Bbm11] [Gm7(b5)]

Hard Stop

End