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What to listen for
- Flowing acoustic folk in 6/8 with fingerpicked guitar, upright bass and delicate cello.
- Warm textured male lead and restrained close harmonies, ending softly after a melodic final chorus.
Keep the Ticket
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Indie Folk sample
Keep the Ticket
Indie Folk
A husband opens a tin of paper keepsakes from his first year with Emily: a cinema ticket, a hand-drawn map, a Christmas list and a hospital parking slip. The song makes room for the difficult days as well as the happy ones.
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The sound of this song
Flowing acoustic folk in 6/8 with fingerpicked guitar, upright bass and delicate cello. Warm textured male lead and restrained close harmonies, ending softly after a melodic final chorus.
“An intimate acoustic anniversary song built around the little paper keepsakes a couple saved from their first year.”
Lyrics
Lyrics from Keep the Ticket
Emily, I found the tin Behind the flour on the shelf The ticket from that rainy film You said you'd never watch again A map I drew to find the coast The roads were wrong, the sea was right We ate our chips inside the car And watched the gulls pick fights outside
Keep the ticket, keep the note The little things we almost threw away I can hear you laughing Every time I turn another page It's only paper, till I hold it Then I'm right back there with you One year married, Emily Look at all the days we've already lived through
There's the list for our first Christmas With your mother's pudding crossed out twice A parking slip from late November From the hardest evening of our lives You don't have to talk about it We can leave it folded where it is I just want you here beside me And a little room for everything we miss
Keep the ticket, keep the note The little things we almost threw away I can hear you laughing Every time I turn another page It's only paper, till I hold it Then I'm right back there with you One year married, Emily Look at all the days we've already lived through
I wrote a letter for this morning But I scratched out half the lines I don't know what next year will bring us I won't say we'll always be fine Just put my shoes beside your shoes Tell me when you want to leave If you need a quiet day at home That's where I'm gonna be
Keep the ticket, keep the note The little things we almost threw away I can hear you laughing Every time I turn another page It's only paper, till I hold it Then I'm right back there with you One year married, Emily I choose every coming day with you
Leave a little space inside the tin There's a whole new year to put in
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