Proposal song

The Question at the Kitchen Table

@evkolb · 2:15 · 431 plays

  1. The Question at the Kitchen Table country · romantic 2:15

Words

Verse 1

Nadine, I have practised this against the bathroom mirror
I have practised this on night shifts with the radio turned down
There is grease under my knuckles that will not come out
And a small square velvet nothing I have carried nine months round
February's cold and I am worse at speeches than at cars
But every road I've fixed this year led back to where you are

Chorus

So I'm asking at the kitchen table, coffee going cold
I'm asking with my boots on and the whole thing badly told
I don't have a mountain view, a string quartet, a band
I've got a house half-painted and a hand — will you take my hand?

Verse 2

You fed me when the shop went under, never said a word
You laughed at my worst joke for the four hundredth time
You know I take the long way home to watch the water freeze
You come along and you have never once asked why
I'd have asked you in the summer but I wanted it to snow
Because you love it best in winter and I wanted you to know

Chorus

So I'm asking at the kitchen table, coffee going cold
I'm asking with my boots on and the whole thing badly told
I don't have a mountain view, a string quartet, a band
I've got a house half-painted and a hand — will you take my hand?

Bridge

If you say yes I'll build the porch that I have promised twice
If you say yes I'll learn the songs your mother used to like
And if you need a minute, take the minute, take the year
I'll be right here at this table with the coffee, waiting here

Outro

Nadine, the kettle's boiling and my hands are shaking bad
Say the word and this is the best February I have had

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