Two Chairs, One Old Pan

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We signed our names in a borrowed blue suit Your sister pinned flowers to my coat The kitchen had two chairs and one good pan And a list of bills we barely knew how to plan [Pre-Chorus] We learned the small things one by one How to say, “I’m sorry,” before the day was done [Chorus] We were young when we made that promise Young enough to think love knew the way Then the years taught our hands what our hearts meant How to stay, how to bend, how to make room to change We didn’t have it figured out at the beginning We just kept choosing each other again [Verse 2] You worked late shifts while I studied upstairs We split one orange on the back porch steps Some months the rent took most of the pay Still you saved me the last warm piece of bread [Pre-Chorus] We made a home from the little we had Found a laugh in the hard days, a hand in the bad [Chorus] We were young when we made that promise Young enough to think love knew the way Then the years taught our hands what our hearts meant How to stay, how to bend, how to make room to change We didn’t have it figured out at the beginning We just kept choosing each other again [Bridge] Now the table’s scarred, the hallway’s full Of shoes by the door and stories we tell If I could meet those kids in that borrowed suit I’d say, “Take your time—and keep listening, too” [Final Chorus] We were young when we made that promise And we grew into the words day by day Every season brought a new way to mean it Every turn asked for patience and faith We didn’t have it figured out at the beginning We just kept choosing each other again Yes, we kept choosing each other again [Outro] Two chairs, one old pan Still your hand finds my hand