Paper Hearts and Phone Calls

[Verse 1]
You’re a picture on a cracked phone screen
Little laugh lines I ain’t ever seen
We’re trading midnight for another “you there?”
Coffee’s cold
But I don’t care
You know my bad days
My mama’s name
Where my first scar came from
How I hate long trains
You talk like you’ve been sittin’ right here
In this kitchen chair
All year
[Chorus]
How can I love you like I do
When I ain’t ever felt your heartbeat through
A borrowed T-shirt
Or my cheek on your chest
Haven’t watched you drive
Or seen your Sunday best
But boy
It’s true
Somehow I just knew
From the first “good night” that turned into two
I’m fallin’ deeper with every word we send
I love you more than I can defend
And we ain’t even met in person yet
[Verse 2]
You send sunrise from your old front porch
I’m in my socks on a folding chair
North
Same sky glowing
Different small towns
Same wish every time I look down
That your truck pulls up in my driveway
You’d bring that smile I see every day
We’d miss the music
Talking too close
Swaying slow like the world’s on hold
[Chorus]
How can I love you like I do
When I ain’t ever felt your heartbeat through
A borrowed T-shirt
Or my cheek on your chest
Haven’t watched you drive
Or seen your Sunday best
But boy
It’s true
Somehow I just knew
From the first “good night” that turned into two
I’m fallin’ deeper with every word we send
I love you more than I can defend
And we ain’t even met in person yet
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s crazy
Maybe it’s fate
But your name on my screen feels like home on a plate
When the day’s gone wrong
You make it make sense
Like you’ve been my missing piece ever since
[Chorus]
How can I love you like I do
When I ain’t ever felt your heartbeat through
A borrowed T-shirt
Or my cheek on your chest
Haven’t danced one song with your hands on my dress
But boy
It’s you
I’m done playing cool
If this is a dream
I’ll break every rule
‘Cause I’m fallin’ faster with every word we send
You’re already my once-in-a-lifetime bet
And we ain’t even met in person yet

dance, Gentle modern country ballad with female vocals, brushed snare and warm upright bass. Verses stay intimate with close-mic vocal, soft fingerpicked acoustic and subtle pedal steel swells; chorus blooms with harmony stacks, piano pads, and a wider stereo image. Tempo relaxed for a slow sway, bridge strips back to mostly vocal and guitar before a final, emotional chorus lift., slow, female vocals, country