Velvet Tuesday

Velvet... Tuesday... (mm-hmm)
Mmm, mmm... (ooh, ooh)

Phone face down and the dishes can wait
Streetlight yellow on the kitchen plate
You came in wet from the rain on the glass
Said you couldn't stay, then you let it pass
Soup on the stove, a little too much salt, a little too much pepper
If it's not perfect, nothing here is at fault
Sipho playing quiet from the speaker by the door
Nobody in a hurry, nobody keeping score
Your boots by the door, steam on the glass
Even the clock forgot how to pass
I had a speech ready, I forgot every word
Love is a quiet thing when it is finally heard

Cancel Wednesday, cancel the plan
Lay your hand in my hand
Ngiyakucela, uhlale (stay with me)
Let the rain do the talking tonight
We can be slow, we can be light

Velvet Tuesday, nothing to prove
Velvet Tuesday, I'm here with you
Ngiyakuthanda, wena
Velvet Tuesday, slow as the rain (hmm)

Last year Tuesday was a long bus ride
Counting off the hours with nowhere to hide
Eating standing up and calling it dinner
Checking my phone for a name that did not come
The radio on, just to fill up the room
Telling myself I'm a quiet winner
Now your jacket's hanging on my chair
And the whole flat smells like your cologne and prayer
The kettle sings low, the lamp is the moon
I could stay in this minute until June
Uyindoda yami, you're the man I choose
No one else can wear a Tuesday like you do

Cancel Wednesday, cancel the plan
Lay your hand in my hand
Ngiyakucela, uhlale (stay with me)
Let the rain do the talking tonight
We can be slow, we can be light

Velvet Tuesday, nothing to prove
Velvet Tuesday, I'm here with you
Ngiyakuthanda, wena
Velvet Tuesday, slow as the rain (hmm)

Mm-mm, velvet, velvet
Sax answers, voice follows (mm-hmm)
Velvet, velvet, ngiyakuthanda (mm)
Slow, slow, rain on the roof

(sax takes the melody, Rhodes breathes underneath)

Nobody has to know how soft we are
Mondays only ever see the armour
My watch in the saucer, your tie on the floor
Outside we are busy, outside we are fine
Here I take my watch off, here you take your time
Akukho ukushesha, there is no rushing here

Cancel Wednesday, cancel the plan
What is the week to a woman who is held
Ngiyakucela, uhlale (stay with me)
Let the rain keep time, let the morning be late

Velvet Tuesday, nothing to prove
Velvet Tuesday, I'm here with you
Ngiyakuthanda, wena
Velvet Tuesday, velvet Tuesday
Velvet Tuesday, slow as the rain (hmm)

Mm-mm, velvet, velvet (hmm)
We are not going anywhere (hmm)

Cancel Wednesday... (stay)
Ngiyakuthanda... (mm)
Velvet Tuesday...
Velvet Tuesday...