Three of Cups

Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
The heat finally broke at a quarter to eight.
We kicked off our shoes by the slumping wood gate.
There’s a bowl of twenty-one bruised plums on the dirt,
Spilling their sugar, forgetting the work.
You brought the glasses, she brought the ice,
Nobody's asking for a careful disguise.

[Chorus]
Hold them up high until the crystal edges touch.
It doesn't take magic, but it takes so much
To get three women in a ring, laughing in the dark,
Catching the water before it leaves a mark.
Here’s to the harvest at the edge of the lawn,
And staying in the center till the good hour is gone.

[Verse 2]
I know your tells, and she knows my lies.
We’ve watched the weather shift inside each other's minds.
The vines are creeping up over the heel of my foot,
Tangled in the weeds where the table was put.
One rim is smudged with a berry-red stain.

We're not talking about the money, we’re not dreading the gray.

[Bridge]
The brain wants to freeze it, to pin the pattern down,
Make a map of the safest kitchen in this house.
But you can’t keep a harvest, it turns if it stays.
Tomorrow we scatter right back to the maze.
So drink it right now.

[Chorus]
Hold them up high until the crystal edges touch.
It doesn't take magic, but it takes so much
To get three women in a ring, spinning in the yard,
Lowering the drawbridge, dropping the guard.
Here’s to the harvest at the edge of the lawn,
And staying in the center till the good hour is gone.

[Outro]
Three cups.
Touching in the middle.
The plums are getting softer in the grass.
Just listen to the ringing of the glass.
Just listen.