Lyrics

Blue Door Lounge

[Verse 1]
She slips in quiet
Through the blue front door
No drink in her hand
Just a seat for more

Hat on the rack
Coat folded neat
She came for the tune
And the soft backbeat

She watches the band
Like it's saying her name
Every little run
Sets her heart aflame

[Pre-Chorus]
And she leans in slow
When the trumpet bends
One breath, one pause
Then it starts again

A smile in the dark
At the farthest chair
She found her heaven
Waiting there

[Chorus]
Smooth jazz, take me home
Smooth jazz, leave me alone
Not the bottom of a glass
Just the sweet notes that last
Smooth jazz, hold me here
Let the lonely disappear
(Smooth jazz, take me home)
(Smooth jazz, hold me here)

[Verse 2]
She lets the words
Float past her skin
Every little line
Pulls her deeper in

The singer says
What her chest can't say
And she nods along
As the night turns gray

She lingers on
Every note, every word
Like a secret song
Only she has heard

[Pre-Chorus]
And the room gets warm
When the chords unwind
She leaves the world
By the twelfth bar line

No need to rush
No need to explain
Her favorite kind of peace
Has a swinging name

[Chorus]
Smooth jazz, take me home
Smooth jazz, leave me alone
Not the bottom of a glass
Just the sweet notes that last
Smooth jazz, hold me here
Let the lonely disappear
(Smooth jazz, take me home)
(Smooth jazz, hold me here)

[Bridge]
When the harmonica cries
She closes her eyes
And the strings rise up
Like a velvet sky

She don't chase forgetfulness
She wants to feel
Every small heartbreak
Turning soft and real

[Final Chorus]
Smooth jazz, take me home
Smooth jazz, leave me alone
Not the bottom of a glass
Just the sweet notes that last
Smooth jazz, hold me here
Let the lonely disappear
(Smooth jazz, take me home)
(Smooth jazz, hold me here)

[Outro]
She'll be back next week
Same blue front door
For the song that heals
And asks for more

David Rose