Paper Straight

Paper Straight lyrics

Intro

Piano in the dark
Sub moving slow
Room still cold
I’m here though

Verse 1

Doorman know my face
Bag on the marble
Keys in the tray
I don’t say much

Her side of the bed
Still got the dent
I came in quiet
Like I meant nothing

Airport terminal
Two missed calls
Phone face down
Let it sit there

Bought you earrings
Didn’t buy the talk
Dropped the box off
Left with the same walk

Pre-Chorus

And I’m calm like that
Suit on clean
But the glass on my name
Still got a crack in it

I keep cash in reach
Keep my mouth shut
You look at me once
And I look past it

Chorus

I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right

Verse 2

Late at the condo
TV on mute
You sit there pretty
I sit there distant

You ask, “You good?”
I say, “I’m fine”
Then I change the subject
Like I always do

Gave you a watch
Gave you a bag
Gave you the things
I should’ve said

2 a.m.
You turn your face
And that look of yours
Cuts right through

I know what I am
When the room get still
All that soft money
Can’t pay that bill

Pre-Chorus

And I’m calm like that
Suit on clean
But the glass on my name
Still got a crack in it

I keep cash in reach
Keep my mouth shut
You look at me once
And I look past it

Chorus

I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right

Bridge

I bought the gold
I missed the point
I kept the door open
Stayed out your way

You wanted truth
I brought a receipt
I know that sound
Ain’t love at all

Break

Piano
Breath
Don’t ask me twice
I been here before

I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right
I got my paper straight
Still don't know how to love somebody right

Outro

Her side of the bed
Still got the dent
I’m rich in the room
But I don’t mean it

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Rome Hayes, an AI artist.