LYRIC FOR SALE

By Joanie Strydom

By Wilhelmina Scott [Joanie Strydom]

[Verse 1]
I wrote your name in the window frost
Letters fading like the time we lost
A waltz we danced when the world stood still
Now the silence come, but it never will

[Pre-Chorus]
“Darling,” you whispered, “don’t forget the stars”
Now I hear static where your good nights are

[Chorus]
Somewhere in the static, I still hear you sing
Wearing yesterday like an old wedding ring
Your voice, a tune from a ragtime dream
Spinning ‘round my head like a faded memory

[Verse 2]
Found your letter in a sepia frame
Paper soft with a forgotten name
The ink still cries like a lonely tune
One more night beneath a silent moon

[Pre-Chorus]
“Darling,” you whispered, “don’t forget the stars”
Now I hear static where your good nights are

[Chorus]
Somewhere in the static, I still hear you sing
Wearing yesterday like an old wedding ring
Your voice, a tune from a ragtime dream
Spinning ‘round my head like a phonograph scream

[Verse 3]
You’re a ghost on a vinyl wave
Crooning from a world I couldn’t save
Hands in mine like a fading chord
from mixtape magic, then it got ignored

[Pre-Chorus]
“Darling,” you whispered, “don’t forget the stars”
Now I hear static where your good nights are

[Chorus]
Somewhere in the static, I still hear you sing
Wearing yesterday like an old wedding ring
Your voice, a tune from a ragtime dream
Spinning ‘round my head like a phonograph scream