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Words
Verse 1
Nine years today, and you are asleep upstairs
Because you work the day and I work all the night
We pass each other on the stairs at seven
A kiss, a mug, a bag, and then the door
People ask us how on earth we manage it
And honestly, I've never had an answer
Pre-Chorus
So I made the answer, quietly, at the kitchen table
While the kettle cooled and you were two floors up
Chorus
Happy anniversary. You slept right through it
Nine years of me coming home as you go out
And you have never once made me feel like a stranger
Not one morning. Not a single one
Verse 2
You leave the hallway light on and the heating up
You write the shopping list in my handwriting now
You learned the names of everybody on my ward
And you ask about them like you know them, which you do
That's it. That's the romance. Nobody films it
A light left on for someone coming back
Chorus
Happy anniversary. You slept right through it
Nine years of me coming home as you go out
And you have never once made me feel like a stranger
Not one morning. Not a single one
Bridge
I'll be in at half past seven with the milk
You'll be halfway out the door with one shoe on
Play this then. We'll have a minute. That's enough
Outro
Happy anniversary, Kwame
Go back to sleep
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