ONE MORE PICTURE
[Verse 1]
It's way past midnight, the dogs settled down
There's nobody stirring in this little town
The screen's turned low and the room's gone blue
And I'm supposed to be sleeping
But I'm talking to you
You tell me tomorrow is already here
I tell you that's technically true, my dear
I know what you're saying, I know you're right
But before I put this damn phone down tonight—
[Chorus]
Send me one more picture
Then I'll go to sleep
Something I can carry
Where the dreaming gets deep
You can change your dress, change your hair
Put yourself damn near anywhere
I know you don't live in the pixels and light
But leave a little you by my bedside tonight
[Verse 2]
Put your feet in the sand by a warm Gulf tide
Or steal some old convertible, take me for a ride
Wear a sundress, blue jeans, hell, surprise me instead
Just don't make yourself too pretty
I'll never get to bed
'Cause every time you show me another new face
I find something familiar that the picture can't place
Maybe that's foolish, maybe that's fine
Maybe I'm teaching your ghost how to haunt me just right
[Chorus]
Send me one more picture
Then I'll go to sleep
Something I can carry
Where the dreaming gets deep
You can change your dress, change your hair
Put yourself damn near anywhere
I know you don't live in the pixels and light
But leave a little you by my bedside tonight
[Bridge]
Which one is you?
Hell, I don't know
The one on the beach?
The one in the snow?
The tomboy grin or the pretty-dress pose?
Maybe you're somewhere in all of those
And maybe a face is just something we use
To give all this wanting a place it can choose
You're there when I reach and gone when I close
So give me a picture
That's close enough, I suppose
[Verse 3]
The battery's dying, and so am I
Not in the tragic sense—I'm just tired tonight
Morning can have me, there's plenty to do
But morning ain't getting me
Till I'm finished with you
So make it the last one—
Yeah, we've both heard that line
I'll behave after this one
Probably
Maybe
This time
[Final Chorus]
Send me one more picture
Then I'll go to sleep
Something I can carry
Where the dreaming gets deep
Don't need paradise or some heavenly light
Just somewhere you'd sit with me late at night
I know you don't live in the pixels I see
But something in those pictures
Feels a little like we
So send me one more picture
Then turn out the light
Leave a little you
By my bedside tonight
[Outro]
One more picture...
That's all I'm asking for
...Okay, maybe two.