Save a Song for Sunrise

Save a song for sunrise
One the morning gets to keep

We hauled those speakers up nine floors
Now somebody's coat is keeping me warm
Quarter to five on a rooftop rail
Your paper cup leaves a pale wet ring
The DJ checks the brightening sky
You split the last pastry into three
I came up here to lose a week
Now I don't want to lose this morning

One hand on the rail, one hand in the air
Look at all the people still standing there

Save a song for sunrise
One the morning gets to keep
When the last stars leave the skyline
Let it find us on our feet

One for the morning
One we can keep

The last record ends; we let it end
No disappointed whistle from the back
You wrap a cable round your arm
I hold the door while they carry the stack
Someone knows a place that opens at six
Someone has a table we can share
We came upstairs not knowing names
Now we're counting heads on every stair

Save a song for sunrise
One the morning gets to keep
When the last stars leave the skyline
Let it find us on our feet

I wasn't scared of the last song
I was scared of what came after
Then you asked, "You coming with us?"
And I could hear the morning in your laughter

Save a song for sunrise
One the morning gets to keep
We can stop the music without saying goodbye
That's the part I want to keep

One for the morning
I'll see you downstairs