Back Door Sunrise

[Verse 1]
Coffee cup
Lipstick ring
You left your coat
Didn’t leave the key
Last night’s argument
Still on the table
Right next to bills
And a busted halo
[Pre-Chorus]
You said
“I need
A little peace of mind”
I heard
“boy
You running out of time”
Now this quiet room
Feels loud as a train
Rolling through my chest
Calling your name
[Chorus]
You got me waiting at the back door
Sunrise
Bare feet humming on the cold floor
Tired eyes
If you come walking up that driveway
I’ll let the past just fade away
I’m still waiting at the back door
Sunrise
For your shadow in the gold light
[Verse 2]
Neighbor’s radio
Leaking through the wall
Happy love songs
Cutting like salt
Your picture in the frame
Tilted halfway down
Just like the way
We’re hanging around
[Pre-Chorus]
I pour two cups
Out of old habit
Talk to your chair
Like you still had it
That easy laugh
That Sunday sway
Girl
I’d trade my pride
For another day
[Chorus]
You got me waiting at the back door
Sunrise
Bare feet humming on the cold floor
Tired eyes
If you come walking up that driveway
I’ll let the past just fade away
I’m still waiting at the back door
Sunrise
For your shadow in the gold light
[Bridge]
Maybe you’re gone
Maybe you’re close
I taste your name
Every time I toast
To moving on
(to moving on)
But my heart keeps sliding back
To where your shoes once sat
[Chorus]
You got me waiting at the back door
Sunrise
Bare feet humming on the cold floor
Tired eyes
If you come walking up that driveway
I’ll let the past just fade away
I’m still waiting at the back door
Sunrise
Yeah
I’m still waiting at the back door
Sunrise
For your shadow in the gold light (ohh)
Back door sunrise

funk, Grease-stained Memphis blues soul-funk hybrid; male vocals riding a swung backbeat, rubbery bass, clipped wah guitar. Horn stabs answer the vocal on the hook, B3 organ swells in the pre-chorus, call-and-response backing singers in the chorus. Late-section breakdown drops to just bass, rimshots, and vocal before the band slams back in full., blues, soul