Slow Down the Water
Style: Motown soul

[Verse 1]
Something left the party drifting
past the lock where the gate is lifting
green water holds it, slow and steady
just like you hold this whole town

[Pre-chorus]
Everybody's raising up their glass
waiting on this moment to pass
but we're not letting go so fast

[Chorus]
Liliana, light the candles now
we've been waiting to sing it out loud
nobody fills a room like Anna
happy birthday, we're shouting it proud

[Verse 2]
Paper plates go floating by the water
nothing fancy, nothing that we bought her
but you make plain things feel like treasure
you turn Tuesday into a crowd

[Pre-chorus]
Everybody's raising up their glass
waiting on this moment to pass
but we're not letting go so fast

[Chorus]
Liliana, light the candles now
we've been waiting to sing it out loud
nobody fills a room like Anna
happy birthday, we're shouting it proud

[Bridge]
However far this year has carried you
we are so glad it brought you here
stand still a second, let us tell you
you're the one thing we hold dear

[Chorus]
Liliana, light the candles now
we've been waiting to sing it out loud
nobody fills a room like Anna
happy birthday, we're shouting it proud

[Outro]
Let the water carry off the plates
we'll still be here, however late

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