Songs for Caleb

Verse 1

Crates are piled against the brick laundry snapping, dancing quick every year this same old yard turns to gold when you're not far

Pre-chorus

Something's rising, something's grand clap it out with every hand hold the count, here comes the shout

Chorus

Caleb, light the candles high pass the cake and don't be shy every year we're gladder still Caleb's name is on the bill

Verse 2

Cardboard towers, stacked up tall lean a little, never fall like the way you hold this crew steady through and through and true

Bridge

Sheets are waving like a flag spirits high, no time to lag one more year, we raise the cheer glad that you were born round here

Chorus

Caleb, light the candles high pass the cake and don't be shy every year we're gladder still Caleb's name is on the bill

Outro

Boxes settle by the wall glad we came for you at all

Verse 1

Chairs sank down by the cabbage rows Nobody cared, we let them go Mud on our shoes, cake on the table Caleb's the reason we glow

Pre-chorus

Candles are lit, the light's gone gold Somebody's grabbing the mic to hold Feel that beat start to build and grow

Chorus

Caleb, get up, it's your night to shine Everyone here is glad you're mine Caleb, we're clapping to your line Pour out the drinks, we're having a time

Verse 2

Garden's a mess and nobody minds Laughing so hard we're losing our lines Somebody's dog ran off with a plate We're toasting you one more time

Chorus

Caleb, get up, it's your night to shine Everyone here is glad you're mine Caleb, we're clapping to your line Pour out the drinks, we're having a time

Bridge

Every year you make it feel right Pulling us close to the light Whatever comes, we've got your back Dancing out here half the night

Chorus

Caleb, get up, it's your night to shine Everyone here is glad you're mine Caleb, we're clapping to your line Pour out the drinks, we're having a time

Outro

Chairs still sinking, nobody's leaving Happy birthday, Caleb, keep believing

Verse 1

You ran that line til the whistle blew Boots came down and wore it through Still I see you standing there Nobody played the game like you

Pre-chorus

Another year has come around Another reason, same old ground So light the candles, let it sound

Chorus

Happy birthday, Caleb, sing it loud Raise a glass up, gather round You're the one we came here for Nobody shines the way you, Caleb, do

Verse 2

The corner flag has seen it all Every sprint and every fall You kept getting up again That's the thing I most recall

Pre-chorus

Another year has come around Another reason, same old ground So light the candles, let it sound

Chorus

Happy birthday, Caleb, sing it loud Raise a glass up, gather round You're the one we came here for Nobody shines the way you, Caleb, do

Bridge

Chalk fades but you don't fade Every year you're something made We're glad you're here today

Chorus

Happy birthday, Caleb, sing it loud Raise a glass up, gather round You're the one we came here for Nobody shines the way you, Caleb, do

Outro

The lines wear thin but still hold true We'll keep on cheering, just for you

Verse 1

There's a small yellow bulb swinging soft on its wire up above the landing, hung a little bit higher and it watches the hallway while the house breathes slow keeping you from the shadows that would rather not go

Chorus

Caleb, the light is low and the night is kind Caleb, there's nothing waiting to trouble your mind rest in the hush that the evening has made you are the reason the quiet was stayed

Verse 2

That crooked little wire has swayed there for years holding its glow through the softest of fears it isn't much, just a flicker, a hum but it waits up for you until morning has come

Pre-chorus

Somewhere below you the house settles deeper doors easing shut like a slow, gentle keeper and the warmth from that bulb is the last thing to fade

Chorus

Caleb, the light is low and the night is kind Caleb, there's nothing waiting to trouble your mind rest in the hush that the evening has made you are the reason the quiet was stayed

Bridge

Let the whole house hold its breath around you nothing can reach where the dark won't find you

Chorus

Caleb, the light is low and the night is kind Caleb, there's nothing waiting to trouble your mind rest in the hush that the evening has made you are the reason the quiet was stayed

Outro

That small yellow light will keep swinging so slow just to watch over you while you drift and let go

Verse 1

A pale little light is turning slowly overhead it slides across the tiles and never makes a sound you watch it drift the way a boat goes drifting on its bed of water soft and still with nothing lost or found

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are getting heavy now, they flutter and they close the beam keeps turning gently like it's rocking you to rest and everything is softer than the whole wide world it knows

Chorus

Caleb, the night is holding you so warm and low sleep is a river and you're floating in its stream nobody's leaving, Caleb, nothing here will go you're safe inside the hush of every quiet dream

Verse 2

The shapes above you turn as slow as honey poured from jars circling soft and easy like they've got no place to be tonight the ceiling holds a little patch of borrowed stars just for you to watch until your eyes can barely see

Chorus

Caleb, the night is holding you so warm and low sleep is a river and you're floating in its stream nobody's leaving, Caleb, nothing here will go you're safe inside the hush of every quiet dream

Bridge

Breathe out slow, let your shoulders sink and settle every worry folds itself away and disappears

Chorus

Caleb, the night is holding you so warm and low sleep is a river and you're floating in its stream nobody's leaving, Caleb, nothing here will go you're safe inside the hush of every quiet dream

Outro

The light keeps turning gently long after you have gone to sleep and it will still be turning soft and steady when you wake

Verse 1

Somewhere a wheel has stopped turning under branches hanging low Resting so quiet on leaves that the whole wood seems to know Nothing tonight has to hurry or travel anywhere far And that is how I hold you, Caleb, safe and slow

Pre-chorus

The dark outside is gentle, it only wants to stay It folds around the garden and softly waits for day So let your breathing settle, there's nowhere else to be

Chorus

Caleb, close your eyes now, let the quiet in Nothing needs to move tonight, not one single thing Caleb, you are held here, warm beneath my arm Sleep is just the leaves, and you the gentle rain

Verse 2

Low branches lean together like they're whispering goodnight Water on the leaf tops catching one last bit of light Everything is settling, folding softly into rest And you are the softest part of all I see tonight

Pre-chorus

The dark outside is gentle, it only wants to stay It folds around the garden and softly waits for day So let your breathing settle, there's nowhere else to be

Chorus

Caleb, close your eyes now, let the quiet in Nothing needs to move tonight, not one single thing Caleb, you are held here, warm beneath my arm Sleep is just the leaves, and you the gentle rain

Bridge

Nothing far away tonight, no road to travel on Just the hush of leaves outside and you till morning comes

Chorus

Caleb, close your eyes now, let the quiet in Nothing needs to move tonight, not one single thing Caleb, you are held here, warm beneath my arm Sleep is just the leaves, and you the gentle rain

Outro

Somewhere still a wheel is resting quiet on the ground And you are just as still now, safe till morning's found