Two Tables in the Rain — A Song Inspired by A Burke fundraiser expanded its mission to help families displaced by a recent storm while still supporting Alzheimer's research.

[Verse 1]
Somebody taped a paper sign
To a wall that smelled like coffee and wet coats
Mary brought the folding chairs
Ray brought a box of envelopes
Outside the gutters kept talking
Like they had bad news left to tell
Inside we wrote the names down slow
So nothing good would leave as well

[Chorus]
Two tables in the rain
One for the roof blown open
One for the names we say again
Pass the jar, pass the plate
Pass the picture in the frame
Love learns how to hold
Two tables in the rain

[Verse 2]
There were keys with no door waiting
There were photographs curled at the edge
There were stories losing their handles
There were hands along the ledge
A woman laughed and then went quiet
When the thunder shook the glass
Someone said keep the lights on longer
Let the last ones eat before they ask

[Pre-Chorus]
Nobody called it mercy
Nobody made a speech
Just a line of tired neighbors
Putting what they could in reach

[Chorus]
Two tables in the rain
One for the roof blown open
One for the names we say again
Pass the jar, pass the plate
Pass the picture in the frame
Love learns how to hold
Two tables in the rain

[Bridge]
Do not ask which sorrow matters / When both are at the door / Make the table longer / Make the room hold more

[Lead guitar solo]

[Final Chorus]
Two tables in the rain
One for the roof blown open
One for the names we say again
Pass the jar, pass the plate
Pass the picture in the frame
If the weather takes the doorway
If the years misplace a name
We will build a little shelter
With two tables in the rain