Song of the Week: First Kiss - February 1, 2020

Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "First Kiss," from our February 1, 2020 rebroadcast (originally from April 13, 2019) featuring Holly Laurent reading Jessica Greenbaum’s poem “I Love You More Than All the Windows in New York City.” The band: Chris Thile, Madison Cunningham, Mike Elizondo, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Philip Krohnengold, and Ted Poor.
Find "I Love You More Than All the Windows in New York City" in Jessica’s book Spilled and Gone.
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Lyrics:
We float above the recycling
And the catcalls
A prelude to the hardest
We will ever fall

No bar is too loud

No bar is too loud
No sidewalk’s too crowded
No stoop too well-lit
No head is too cloudy
For an East Village first kiss

Text me
Text me
Text me
Text me
Don’t forget
Don’t forget me

I will take out the recycling
And pick up the take out
While you stir a pair of Manhattans
And a mocktail

No child is too loud
No dinner’s too hurried
No morning too big
No future’s too blurry
For a South Brooklyn next kiss

So text me
Text me
Text me
Text me
Don’t forget
Don’t forget me