Centerfold in My Mind

[Verse 1]
Found ’em in the attic
Dust on the box
Summer heat
Those glossy pages taught me
What I thought a dream should be
Centerfold smile in my brain
Paper perfume
Cheap and bright
Thought one day she’d see me
And step right into my life
[Pre-Chorus]
Fast forward
Dive bar
Long night
Mixing tracks under blue light
Then you climbed on that pool table
And my past flickered in your eyes
[Chorus]
I’m in love with a stripper
Or maybe with a ghost in my head
Can’t tell if it’s you that I’m feeling
Or some picture that I fed
You’re dancing over my history
Every spin
Every sway
Every line
I’m in love with a stripper
Or the centerfold I made in my mind
[Verse 2]
You laughed when the cue ball rolled
Bills on the felt
Shoes on the floor
You said
“Baby
Keep it playing” (hey)
Like we’d both been here before
You don’t know my basement
Cardboard box and teenage lies
How I traced your silhouette
On every stranger that passed by
[Pre-Chorus]
Now you’re here
Skin and heartbeat
Not a page I can fold tight
But my hands still shake like I’m
Stealing looks under porch light
[Chorus]
I’m in love with a stripper
Or maybe with a ghost in my head
Can’t tell if it’s you that I’m feeling
Or some picture that I fed
You’re dancing over my history
Every spin
Every sway
Every line
I’m in love with a stripper
Or the centerfold I made in my mind
[Bridge]
Do I see you
Or a story?
Do I touch you
Or the past?
If I throw these old dreams out
Would you stay when the song fades fast?
[Chorus]
I’m in love with a stripper
But tonight I wanna get it right
Let the paper girls fall from me
While you’re breathing in real life
You’re dancing over my history
Every spin
Every sway
Every line
I’m in love with a stripper
And I want you
Not the one in my mind

Sultry midtempo R&B-rap blend with male vocals; woozy synth pads and warm Rhodes under a lazy, swung drum groove; verses half-rapped with close-mic intimacy, hook opens into smooth sung melody with stacked harmonies; subtle guitar licks and airy pads bloom in the chorus, bass glides and sidechain sways for a late-night club feel