The story behind this song
Nothing's circled on the calendar, nobody forgot a thing. He just walked past the grocery-store flowers, thought of her, and bought one tulip for the drinking glass on the counter. She asked what the big occasion was; he said Tuesday, that'll have to do. It was the old grey sweater crossing the kitchen that did it — the way she hums untangling her earrings, the shoes left like commas in the hall.
Some days the feeling won't sit still. For the wife who fills the ordinary days and never asks for a thing — no ribbon, no card, no reason, just her.
Lyrics
It's not your birthday, nothing's wrong
I just couldn't keep this to myself
I just couldn't keep this to myself
Bought one tulip at the grocery store
Put it in a drinking glass for you
You asked me what the big occasion was
I said Tuesday — that'll have to do
Put it in a drinking glass for you
You asked me what the big occasion was
I said Tuesday — that'll have to do
'Cause the calendar's got nothing
On the way you looked just now
On the way you looked just now
No reason, just you, just you
No ribbon, no card, no date to mark it true
Some days the feeling won't sit still
So here's a song for nothing — no reason, just you
No ribbon, no card, no date to mark it true
Some days the feeling won't sit still
So here's a song for nothing — no reason, just you
You hum while you're untangling your earrings
You leave your shoes like commas in the hall
I know the sound of you in every room here
That's the music I would miss most of all
You leave your shoes like commas in the hall
I know the sound of you in every room here
That's the music I would miss most of all
'Cause the calendar's got nothing
On the way you looked just now
On the way you looked just now
No reason, just you, just you
No ribbon, no card, no date to mark it true
Some days the feeling won't sit still
So here's a song for nothing — no reason, just you
No ribbon, no card, no date to mark it true
Some days the feeling won't sit still
So here's a song for nothing — no reason, just you
Ask me in thirty years why I wrote this
I'll say I honestly don't recall the day
Just that you crossed the kitchen in your old grey sweater
And something in me had to find a way
I'll say I honestly don't recall the day
Just that you crossed the kitchen in your old grey sweater
And something in me had to find a way
No reason, just you, just you
No ribbon, no card, no date to mark it true
Some days the feeling won't sit still
So here's a song for nothing — no reason, just you
No ribbon, no card, no date to mark it true
Some days the feeling won't sit still
So here's a song for nothing — no reason, just you
It's only Tuesday, nothing's wrong
Everything is right
Everything is right
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