When the Doors Opened
[Verse] I ironed this shirt three times last night Practiced "I do" in the bathroom light Your uncle slapped my back and grinned Then the music changed and they let you in [Chorus] Nora, when the doors came open wide (there you were) every speech I had practiced just died I forgot my lines, I forgot to breathe forty feet of you — and I cried [Verse] Your mother dabbed her eyes, then beamed A flower girl forgot her line The cellos found the song we'd dreamed And every slow step felt like mine [Chorus] Nora, when the doors came open wide (there you were) every speech I had practiced just died I forgot my lines, I forgot to breathe forty feet of you — and I cried [Bridge] They'll ask me one day how I knew (mmm) It was the second the doors gave you the room Nora... I knew right there [Final Chorus] Nora, when the doors came open wide (there you were) every speech I had practiced just died I dropped the plan, I let myself feel forty feet of you — and I cried [Outro] (oh-oh, oh-oh) (there you were, Nora) when the doors opened...
