Bottles on the Step
Style: Ceilidh jig

[Verse 1]
You left the door on the latch again
waiting up while the morning slipped by
milk bottles rattle where you have been
and somehow the whole street feels alive

[Pre-chorus]
Paper's blowing loose round the step
the kettle's on, the kitchen's warm
something in the air won't let us settle

[Chorus]
Clive, you set the whole morning humming
light comes up and finds you first
Clive, the kind that makes a room glad
one more year and nothing's worse

[Verse 2]
You still whistle walking up the path
doorstep cold but you don't seem to mind
every year you turn up just the same
glad and grinning, easy to find

[Chorus]
Clive, you set the whole morning humming
light comes up and finds you first
Clive, the kind that makes a room glad
one more year and nothing's worse

[Bridge]
Raise your glass, the kettle's boiled
let the wrapping catch the wind
here's to you, however old you are
here's to another one to begin

[Chorus]
Clive, you set the whole morning humming
light comes up and finds you first
Clive, the kind that makes a room glad
one more year and nothing's worse

[Outro]
The bottles still rattle on the step
glad you're the one who's standing there

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