[Intro] [soft victrola crackle Band warming up] Step right up Front row Don’t blink She’ll sip your drink And steal your watch (politely) [Verse 1] She glides on stage in velvet gloves Smiles like she knows your secrets One lifted brow You lose your card She swears she barely peeked it She purrs your name Your brain goes blank Your ring is gone She’s gleaming You clap She curtsies Time goes soft You’re wide awake But dreaming [Chorus] Lucy Darling If you please Makes your common sense say “freeze” Turns your doubt to little doves Shakes them out of borrowed gloves Lucy Darling What a shame You came in sure You leave half-tame She rewrites all your memories Lucy Darling If you please [Verse 2] She talks like trouble in a glass Sweet drawl Sharp little edges Quips that dance then double back Like they jumped the balcony hedges She strolls through logic Rearranged Like furniture at midnight One snap Your choices disappear But somehow it feels right [Chorus] Lucy Darling If you please Makes your common sense say “freeze” Turns your doubt to little doves Shakes them out of borrowed gloves Lucy Darling What a shame You came in sure You leave half-tame She rewires all your memories Lucy Darling If you please [Bridge] Did she ever touch the deck? Did the coins just change their minds? Is she cheating gravity Or just cheating you In kind? (oh!) She winks “It’s only theater Dear And I’m your favorite lie” You laugh You bow You swear somehow She just edited the sky [Chorus] Lucy Darling If you please Makes your common sense say “freeze” Turns your doubt to little doves Shakes them out of borrowed gloves Lucy Darling Spin the tale Toast the tricks and tip the veil When you think you’ve found the seams She steals the ending from your dreams Lucy Darling If you please [Outro] [victrola crackle swells Muted trumpet mimics a teasing laugh] (if you please…)

Vintage jazz-club swing with female vocals; brushed kit and walking bass under old parlor piano, muted trumpet doing sly call-and-response. Record-crackle intro, tempo medium-bright. Verses stay light and talky; chorus opens wider with playful backups and a little horn stab on each punchline. End on a coy ritard and trumpet wink., comedy

Lucy Darling, If You Please