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The Smallest Room in the House

Alternative Rock
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[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Six years of wreckage, two Christmases gone
The spare room lamp was the last one on
His boots still laced at a quarter past two
His bag by the door like he already knew

[Pre-Chorus]
Then a phone lit up on a folded blanket
I stood in the doorway and I didn't make a sound
He said thank you sir, said it twice out loud

[Chorus]
He got the call in the smallest room in the house
Edge of a single bed, boots still on
Two in the morning, a second chance out loud
He got the call in the smallest room in the house

[Verse 2]
We scraped the glowing stars off that ceiling as kids
Same cracked paint, same window, same narrow bed
He stood up shaking and he said this one is real
A job and a room by Monday

[Pre-Chorus]
Our mother left her door half open down the hall
She stopped hoping out loud years ago
But I heard her breathe out when he hung up the phone

[Chorus 2]
He got the call in the smallest room in the house
Edge of a single bed, boots still on
Two in the morning, a second chance out loud
He got the call in the smallest room in the house

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]
He got the call in the smallest room in the house
And I'm still in the doorway where I always am
I'd carry his bag out to the truck
But I keep my phone face up on the arm of the couch
Still waiting on a call in the smallest room in the house

[Outro]
I keep the hall light on

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