Orson Waits Up

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Intro: a key turning in a lock, a door swinging

Verse

Three-oh-four, the hallway light is out
I hit the switch, the bulb just clicks and dies
Coat still smells like other people's smoke
Somebody's laugh still stuck behind my eyes
And down the hall, low to the floor,
Two green lights waiting at the door

Chorus

Orson waits up, Orson don't ask
Orson waits up for me

Verse

Bowl's still full from when I left at nine
He never eats until somebody's home
Nine pounds of orange sitting like a judge
Who never once picked up a stone to throw
I peel my jacket off the chair
He climbs the mess like he lives there

Chorus

Orson waits up, Orson don't ask
Orson waits up for me

Verse

I could tell him what my brother said
About the way I talk now, all that "out there" stuff
He'd blink at me and roll onto his back
Like a raised voice was never proof of much
I've got a phone with forty names
And one cat who don't need names

Bridge

Six years of somebody feeding him
While I was learning how to be a guest
Every gate code in this town still works
And every door but his one wants a test
He was a kitten the night I drove out —
Bugs on the glass at mile eight-oh-five
I said I'd be back by Christmas
And he just went ahead and lived

Chorus

Orson waits up, Orson don't ask
Orson waits up for me
Orson waits up, Orson don't care
Orson waits up for me

Outro

Three-nineteen, I turn the deadbolt slow
He's on the bed before I'm halfway down the hall