Don't Turn the Key

Lyrics

[Intro] A single room, a borrowed key A note folded beneath the tea [Verse 1] You called from a payphone by the station Said, "Meet me where the trains turn west" You wore my jacket through the cold air And carried someone else's address I saw the photograph you mailed me A child with your familiar eyes You said the truth was in the envelope But every line had changed its size [Pre-Chorus] Don't put your name beside mine Don't make a promise out of a sign [Chorus] That claim is burning through the paper But I won't let it tell me who I am You can leave the picture on the table I won't take a life I never planned No, no, don't turn the key You can't put that story onto me [Verse 2] Your sister waited in the hallway Counting footsteps from the stairs She said you kept the old blue suitcase And all the answers hidden there I found the letter in the lining Three dates and one familiar hand The kind of proof that looks convincing Till you remember where you stand [Pre-Chorus] Don't put your name beside mine Don't make a promise out of a sign [Chorus] That claim is burning through the paper But I won't let it tell me who I am You can leave the picture on the table I won't take a life I never planned No, no, don't turn the key You can't put that story onto me [Bridge] If I was there, why can't you say when? If it's the truth, why does it bend? A locked drawer, a borrowed coat A sentence written like a note I gave you trust, you gave me blame Now every room repeats your name [Final Chorus] That claim is burning through the paper But I won't let it tell me who I am You can leave the picture on the table I won't take a life I never planned No, no, don't turn the key You can't put that story onto me That claim is burning through the paper Take your photograph and let me breathe I won't wear a borrowed accusation I won't let your version follow me [Outro] The envelope is empty now The room is quiet anyhow