While I’m Here

[Intro — rhythmic piano, drums building]
While I’m here
While I’m here

[Verse 1]
There’s a good shirt in the closet
With the price still on the sleeve
There’s a place I keep on saying
One of these days I’ll see

Got a drawer of dead batteries
And a weekend coming free
I could spend it getting ready
Like there’s someone checking me

[Pre-Chorus]
Keys on the counter
Sun on the floor
What am I saving
The good shirt for?

[Chorus — full band]
While I’m here
While I’m here
Turn it up
I wanna hear

Let the song run long
Let the road run clear
I’ve been waiting on a day
And the day’s right here

While I’m here
While I’m here
Leave a little room
For something I didn’t plan this year

[Verse 2]
Took the turn beside the diner
Just to see where it would go
Found a band out on a back porch
Playing something I don’t know

Someone pulled another chair up
Someone asked me for my name
For an hour I forgot to
Make a reason why I came

[Pre-Chorus]
Lights on the water
Feet on the ground
I had no idea
This was going down

[Chorus]
While I’m here
While I’m here
Turn it up
I wanna hear

Let the song run long
Let the road run clear
I’ve been waiting on a day
And the day’s right here

While I’m here
While I’m here
Leave a little room
For something I didn’t plan this year

[Bridge — piano and close vocal]
I can see my house from the bridge
There’s a light I left on upstairs
For once I’m coming home late
With nothing to repair

Still got salt on my shoulder
Still got sand in my shoes
And a song I don’t know the name of
That I can’t stop humming to

[Instrumental — piano riff, soaring guitar]

[Final Chorus — big harmonies]
While I’m here
While I’m here
Turn it up
I wanna hear

Let the song run long
Let the road run clear
I’ve been waiting on a day
And the day’s right here

While I’m here
While I’m here
Leave a little room
For something I didn’t plan this year

[Outro — repeated over piano]
While I’m here
Turn it up
While I’m here
Turn it up