Whiskey on the Window”

(Brushes on drums, slow walking bass, piano chords in a minor key. A saxophone softly plays a melancholic riff.)

🎶 Mmmmmm… yeah… ohhh-ohhh…

(Whispered) This one’s for the love I lost…

🎶 I left the light on,

But you never came home.

Two glasses of whiskey,

One’s still full, I’m still alone.

Your perfume’s on the curtain,

Your coat’s on the chair…

But the warmth you left me,

Isn’t there, isn’t there… 🎶

🎶 The night hums a lonely tune…

While I drink to the thought of you… 🎶

🎶 So I’m singin’ to the rain outside my window… (ohhh-ohhh, yeahhh!)

Cryin’ to the moon for lettin’ you go… (ohhhhhh, yessss!)

Every drop’s a memory, every tear I hide,

But the truth keeps slippin’ through my pride… (ohhh-ohhh-ohhhhhh!)

Yeah, I’m singin’ to the rain outside my window… 🎶 (riff and falsetto on “winnndooowww”)

🎶 The clock keeps on ticking,

But time won’t rewind…

That night you said “forever,”

I guess you lied so kind.

I poured out my secrets,

You poured out your wine…

But love was just a song

I couldn’t make rhyme… 🎶

🎶 The bar’s almost empty now…

But I’m still whispering your vow… 🎶

🎶 So I’m singin’ to the rain outside my window… (ooooohhhh-ohhh!)

Cryin’ to the moon for lettin’ you go… (ohhh-yeahhhh!)

Every drop’s a memory, every tear I hide,

But the truth keeps slippin’ through my pride… (ohhhhhh!)

Yeah, I’m singin’ to the rain outside my window… 🎶

🎷 (Sax plays a sorrowful melody that echoes the chorus line, bending and sliding notes. The bass walks gently, drums whisper with brushes. The solo swells emotionally, then softens.)

🎶 Ohhh… I called your name on a midnight street… (ohhh-yeaaahhh!)

But my echo’s all I’ll ever meet…

And now I’m stuck with this melody… (ohhhhhh-ohhh!)

That’s all you left for meeeee… 🎶 (big run on “meeee”)

🎶 I’m singin’ to the rain outside my window… (ohhh-ohhh-ohhh, yessss!)

Cryin’ to the moon for lettin’ you go… (youuuu gooooo!)

Every drop’s a memory, every tear I hide,

But the truth keeps slippin’ through my pride…

Ohhhh, I’m singin’ to the rain outside my winnndooowww… (falsetto riff “ohhhh-yeaaahhhhhh!”) 🎶

🎷 (Saxophone takes the melody of the chorus and riffs gently as the piano and bass fade out, like a cigarette burning out in silence.)

🎶 Yeahhh… outside my window… mmm…