Moss on the Old Wood
Style: Motown soul

[Verse 1]
There's a bench gone soft with green
Under branches, calm and clean
Wood that's weathered, still stands tall
Kind of steady you recall

[Pre-chorus]
Candles waiting, room gone still
Something's building, given time it will
Turn to something we can't hold back now

[Chorus]
Rupert, let the whole room stir it
Light one more and watch it blur it
Nobody sings the way we do for you
Happy birthday, Rupert, straight on through

[Verse 2]
Maple leaves keep letting go
Falling soft on moss below
Something old but never done
Kind of like the years you've won

[Chorus]
Rupert, let the whole room stir it
Light one more and watch it blur it
Nobody sings the way we do for you
Happy birthday, Rupert, straight on through

[Bridge]
Every year that comes to call
Finds you standing, weathering all
We keep gathering round your name
Grateful that you're still the same

[Chorus]
Rupert, let the whole room stir it
Light one more and watch it blur it
Nobody sings the way we do for you
Happy birthday, Rupert, straight on through

[Outro]
That old bench under green and gold
Still holds you like it always could

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