(Copyright Kristen Grainger, 2025)

Can I stay here tonight
Was just passing saw your light
My car won’t start and now my phone has died

Can I stay here with you
The couch or easy chair will do
In the room I painted blue
The sliver of river view

Chorus
Take your lovely body off to sleep, as you must
The sleep of the righteous and the just
Wrapped in your dignity
I’ll settle in with that old feeling
Watching shadows cross the ceiling
And pity you before you can pity me

Let me stay one more time
In your house that once was mine
The doorway trumpet vine
I taught to climb

Chorus
Take your lovely body off to sleep as you must
The sleep of the righteous and the just
Wrapped in your dignity
I’ll settle in with that old feeling
Watching shadows cross the ceiling
And pity you before you can pity me

Let me stay one more time
In your house that once was mine
The doorway trumpet vine
I taught to climb