Brass Key, Borrowed Coat · 铜钥匙，借来的外套

[Verse 1]

Quarter past the last train, heels in my hand

Somebody's wool upon my shoulders, somebody's key inside my palm

The brass one with the blue tag, not mine, never was

But the door at the end of the block knew what it was

[Pre-Chorus]

And the streetlights hum like a Hammond organ

And I don't wanna go in yet

[Chorus]

Brass key, borrowed coat, walking home the long way

Somebody's kindness heavy on my back

Brass key, borrowed coat — I don't owe nobody nothing

But I'm gonna give it back

(Yeah, I'm gonna give it back)

[Verse 2]

Party's still upstairs, I hear it through the bricks

Somebody laughed in a key I used to sing in

You put your coat around me like it wasn't a decision

And that's the part that got me — no permission

[Pre-Chorus]

And the streetlights hum like a Hammond organ

And I'm not sorry yet

[Chorus]

Brass key, borrowed coat, walking home the long way

Somebody's kindness heavy on my back

Brass key, borrowed coat — I don't owe nobody nothing

But I'm gonna give it back

(No, I don't owe nobody nothing)

[Bridge]

Keep it one more block, keep it one more song

Keep it till the morning makes me brave

I was nobody's problem for an hour

That's the longest I've been saved

[Final Chorus]

Brass key, borrowed coat, walking home the long way

Somebody's kindness heavy on my back

Brass key, borrowed coat — I don't owe nobody nothing

So I'm standing at your door to give it back

[Outro]

(Give it back, give it back, give it back)

Brass key, borrowed coat

(Give it back)