Richard - Blue Eyed Smile

Friday Lunchtime

[Intro – Spoken softly, solo piano]

Friday lunchtime…

Funny how the smallest routines…
Become the biggest memories.

You stand in the same line…
Week after week…

Never knowing…
One ordinary Friday…
Could change your whole life.

[Verse 1 – Solo]

Friday lunchtime, paycheck in my hand,
Standing in another Friday line again.
Truth be told, the money wasn’t why I came,
I was hoping for a smile that always stayed the same.

Blue-eyed boy with the million-dollar grin,
Every Friday I’d walk right in.
Head teller, coach, everybody knew his name,
He had a way of making strangers feel like friends.

[Pre-Chorus – Build gently]

I’d wait a little longer than I had to…
Just hoping he’d be working too.

[Chorus – Four-part harmony enters]

Friday lunchtime… every single week,
Funny how the heart can hide what it seeks.
A smile across the counter, a moment passing by,
Never dreamed that one day he’d change my life.

Friday lunchtime… who would’ve known?
Love was waiting at my hometown bank all along.

[Verse 2 – Solo]

Needed a loan for a brand-new car,
He sat beside me, made the whole thing easier.
Calm and patient, every worry put at ease,
Never guessed those blue eyes would stay with me.

Life kept moving, years rolled on,
Different roads, different songs.
Then one day silence filled my home,
The one I loved was suddenly gone.

[Bridge – Strip back to piano, intimate]

I remembered those eyes… that unforgettable smile.
Thought, “Maybe it’s worth one more mile.”

Searched online… drove old streets…
Every trail came up empty.

Then an old résumé changed my life.

There it was… a cell phone number.
One deep breath… I hit “Send.”

[Pause]

My phone rang…

[Spoken softly, solo]

“Hello?”

[Brief instrumental swell]

[Final Chorus – Full four-part harmony, biggest dynamic]

Friday lunchtime… destiny in disguise,
A banker with the brightest blue eyes.
One little text changed everything,
Love was waiting all that time.

Friday lunchtime… now every day feels right.
Sometimes forever begins in ordinary life.

[Outro – Harmony gradually fades to solo]

The blue-eyed boy…

With the million-dollar grin…

His name is Richard…

The one I waited all those Fridays for…

The love…

Of my life.