Track 11: "Still Partners"

Neo-Soul Duet — Call and Response

Verse 1 (Female): The papers are signed The ring is off But you're standing in my driveway And we've got work to do We built this together Richkat — our middle names combined Richard and Katherine Before we were broken We were builders

Verse 1 (Male): I didn't know how to show up As your husband But I always knew how to show up For what we made The business doesn't care That we couldn't make it work It just needs us Both of us Still

Chorus (Together): Still partners The marriage ended but the work didn't Still partners The title changed but the love just found a different place to live We don't know what to call this But we know how to build Still partners After everything Still

Verse 2 (Female): Someone asked me the other day What do I call you now I said my husband Out of habit Then I caught myself You're not my husband anymore But you're still my partner Just... different now

Verse 2 (Male): I flew in for business Not to win you back We stood side by side Washing the trailer we built together Not as a couple But as two people Who still know how to work When everything else fell apart

Chorus (Together): Still partners The marriage ended but the work didn't Still partners The title changed but the love just found a different place to live We don't know what to call this But we know how to build Still partners After everything Still

Bridge (Female): Co-parenting without children That's what this is Raising something we made Even when we couldn't raise us

Bridge (Male): I couldn't be present In the marriage But I can be present In the work Maybe that's my apology Showing up now The only way I know how

Final Chorus (Together, Softer): Still partners We don't know what to call this But we're still here Still building Still partners

Outro (Spoken, Female): Nobody teaches you this part What happens when the love changes form But the work continues We figured it out Not as husband and wife But as two people who built something And refused to let it die with the marriage