New Secretary Blues

Lyrics

Verse 1
Late bills
Cold coffee
Your name still on the mailbox key
Desk drawer
Full of you
Little notes sayin' “I believe in you”

You quit
For your dreams
Left your cardigan on my old seat
Now this
Empty chair
Spins around like it’s laughin’ at me

Chorus
I need a new secretary
But they don’t know my heart like you
Somebody stamp these feelings
File away the things we used to do
I need a new secretary
To organize this broken mood
‘Cause every time that phone starts ringin’
I keep hopin’ that it’s you

Verse 2
Old clock
Tick slow
Still set to when you used to go home
You’d dance
While you typed
Hummin’ through the silence of my life

Now I
Interview
Shakin’ hands that never heard the truth
How you
Saved me
From my lonely little office view

Chorus
I need a new secretary
But they don’t know my heart like you
Someone to sign these letters
So they don’t all spell “I miss you”
I need a new secretary
To organize this broken mood
‘Cause every time that phone starts ringin’
I keep hopin’ that it’s you

Bridge
Maybe I hired an angel
On an hourly wage
Filed my hope in your halo
On the top of the page
Now it’s just me and the stapler
And this blues in my shoes
Tryin’ to schedule a future
And postpone the truth (hey)

Chorus
I need a new secretary
But they don’t know my heart like you
Somebody stamp these feelings
File away the things we used to do
I need a new secretary
To organize this broken mood
‘Cause every time that phone starts ringin’
I keep hopin’
Yeah I keep hopin’ that it’s you