Dahlia (Light the Gate)
Style: Funk strut

[Verse 1]
Cups on the lock gate, empty and grinning
Peel in a pile where the party ran late
Nobody rushed us, nobody's leaving
We stayed for you, so we stayed out late

[Chorus]
Dahlia, put your hands up high
We came out here to make some noise
Light up the gate, Dahlia
Best thing this old river's got

[Verse 2]
Somebody's jacket left on the railing
Somebody's laugh still stuck in the air
You made a Tuesday feel like a wedding
You make a crowd feel like it belongs there

[Pre-chorus]
Count up the cups, count up the years
Every one of them worth the mess
So raise it up before it clears

[Chorus]
Dahlia, put your hands up high
We came out here to make some noise
Light up the gate, Dahlia
Best thing this old river's got

[Bridge]
Peel goes soft and the paper cups scatter
But nobody here forgets why we came
We came for you, that's the only matter
We'll shout the whole way home your name

[Chorus]
Dahlia, put your hands up high
We came out here to make some noise
Light up the gate, Dahlia
Best thing this old river's got

[Outro]
Leave the cups for morning to find
You're the reason we stayed behind

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