--- 🎤 [Intro – 4 Bars, soft strumming with distant laughter or rain] 🎵 You left the door wide open, but took the keys Left my heart on "maybe" and the stove on "please" I still see steam from that cornbread pan But it’s colder than your goodbye, ma’am 🎵 --- 🎤 [Verse 1 – 8 Bars, soulful with attitude] 🎵 Chicken's cold on the countertop Like your love when the fight don’t stop You said “I’m fine,” then packed your things Left mashed potatoes and diamond rings The rice still soft, like your “forever” line Said you’d call — I’m still starin’ at the time You ain’t come back, and that’s the catch Even the sweet tea tasted like a scratch 🎵 --- 🎤 [Chorus – 8 Bars, catchy & emotional with light humor] 🎵 Cold chicken and heartbreak, sittin’ on my plate Ain’t no warmth in the words you fake Left the love, left the lights, left the pie on the tray But you took my pride and walked away There’s gravy stains on my favorite song And I keep reheating what feels so wrong If love was a meal, we burned it late Now I’m feastin’ on cold chicken and heartbreak 🎵 --- 🎤 [Verse 2 – 8 Bars, more serious tone under the wit] 🎵 I don’t clean the dishes — feels too soon Like I’d wash away what you left in the room Every fork feel like a memory stabbed Every napkin still got notes we had I sit at the table like you’ll walk in But the only sound’s this microwave spin They say time heals, but this clock don’t tick Just sits with me in your half-gone flick 🎵 --- 🎤 [Bridge – 4 Bars, falsetto harmony or solo high run] 🎵 Your perfume still owns the air And this meal feels like a love affair Left me full of what we won’t fix Servin’ sadness in leftover mix 🎵 --- 🎤 [Final Chorus – 8 Bars, stronger delivery, last line held] 🎵 Cold chicken and heartbreak, side by side Taste of you still stuck in my pride I toast to nothin’ with a solo spoon And hum your name like a gospel tune I clean my plate, but I ain’t full Just bitter, broke, and pitiful If you ever miss me past the ache… I’ll still be here… with cold chicken and heartbreak 🎵 ---

Cold Chicken and Heartbreak