Songs for Carl

Verse 1

Glasses stack up by your hand Every one a night we planned Sticky mat beneath them all Holding up the nights we call

Chorus

Carl, you light the whole room up Pour the joy in every cup Nobody laughs quite like you, Carl We're glad you're here, we're glad you're ours

Verse 2

Dartboard hanging on the wall Watched you win and watched you fall Doesn't matter how you played You made the evening, made our day

Pre-chorus

Count the glasses, count the years Count the friends who bought you beers All of us are raising up for

Chorus

Carl, you light the whole room up Pour the joy in every cup Nobody laughs quite like you, Carl We're glad you're here, we're glad you're ours

Bridge

Here's to you under this old roof Here's to every happy proof That the best nights always find you

Chorus

Carl, you light the whole room up Pour the joy in every cup Nobody laughs quite like you, Carl We're glad you're here, we're glad you're ours

Outro

Stack the glasses, one more round This is where the joy is found

Verse 1

You leave things ready for the morning Boots lined up without a warning Green machine still holding heat Nobody works a yard like Carl

Chorus

Carl, you keep this whole place turning Every corner shows you're earning Carl, we see the hours you give Nobody burns quite like this Carl

Verse 2

Mud along the handle tells a story Every scratch a kind of glory Hands that know what patience costs Nobody stands so steady, Carl

Pre-chorus

So light the thing and let it glow Gather round before you go Something in this room's about to swell

Chorus

Carl, you keep this whole place turning Every corner shows you're earning Carl, we see the hours you give Nobody burns quite like this Carl

Bridge

Take the evening, put the tools down Let the noise wrap you around Carl, tonight belongs to you

Chorus

Carl, you keep this whole place turning Every corner shows you're earning Carl, we see the hours you give Nobody burns quite like this Carl

Outro

Leave the mower by the door We love you more than that, and more

Verse 1

Storm outside but we don't care Every cup is on the move Something wild is in this air And you're the one we came to prove

Pre-chorus

Feel the whole room start to sway Nothing here can hold us down Get ready, here's what we came to say

Chorus

Carl, you shake the whole world loose Every table starts to hum You're the spark we can't reduce Carl, we came for everyone

Verse 2

Little caravan can't stay still Rattling like it's dancing too Nobody plans this, but we will Every year we show up for you

Chorus

Carl, you shake the whole world loose Every table starts to hum You're the spark we can't reduce Carl, we came for everyone

Bridge

Cups are jumping, hearts are wide Nobody wants to be outside This is the night, this is the year This is the reason we're all here

Chorus

Carl, you shake the whole world loose Every table starts to hum You're the spark we can't reduce Carl, we came for everyone

Outro

Let the little cups keep ringing Carl, we'll still be here singing

Verse 1

Foam is drying in the basin white against the morning light I notice things I never noticed since you started staying the night

Chorus

Carl, you make the small things matter every plain thing turns to gold Nothing about you is scattered Carl, you're steady, you're not cold

Verse 2

Your toothbrush leans against the mirror like it's always lived right there I used to move through empty mornings now I know that you'll be there

Pre-chorus

I never needed grand gestures never needed you to try so hard just this quiet way you love me

Chorus

Carl, you make the small things matter every plain thing turns to gold Nothing about you is scattered Carl, you're steady, you're not cold

Bridge

No one sees what I see the way you leave a room half warm proof that someone chose to stay here proof that this is not a storm

Chorus

Carl, you make the small things matter every plain thing turns to gold Nothing about you is scattered Carl, you're steady, you're not cold

Outro

The foam will dry there in the morning and I'll still be glad you came

Verse 1

We sat down and forgot the tea Talking like there was nowhere to be Cold outside on the concrete step You laughed and the whole street heard

Pre-chorus

Time got away from us again I never once minded when It's you that I keep coming back to

Chorus

Carl, you make the hours stand still I'd sit here cold with you until Every last light in this town goes dark Nobody else gives me that thrill

Verse 2

The tea went cold before we knew Steam gone, but I stayed close to you Some things get better left alone Like this, like us, like nothing new

Chorus

Carl, you make the hours stand still I'd sit here cold with you until Every last light in this town goes dark Nobody else gives me that thrill

Bridge

Doesn't matter what gets left undone Long as I'm sitting next to someone Who makes the waiting feel like home

Chorus

Carl, you make the hours stand still I'd sit here cold with you until Every last light in this town goes dark Nobody else gives me that thrill

Outro

Let the tea sit there and turn There's a warmth that never adjourns

Verse 1

The boards keep turning overhead Every name but yours instead Still I stand here, coat pulled tight Sure you're coming, wrong or right

Chorus

Carl, you're the one I'm waiting for Every train, and one train more No delay could change my mind Carl, you're worth the standing in line

Verse 2

Strangers rush and strangers pass Faces blurring quick as glass None of them can hold my eye Only you make waiting worthwhile

Pre-chorus

I've watched this platform empty twice Told myself that I'd think twice But my heart won't take advice

Chorus

Carl, you're the one I'm waiting for Every train, and one train more No delay could change my mind Carl, you're worth the standing in line

Bridge

Doesn't matter if you're late This is just what steady looks like I was built to wait on you Slow and sure beats quick and new

Chorus

Carl, you're the one I'm waiting for Every train, and one train more No delay could change my mind Carl, you're worth the standing in line

Outro

The board clicks over, shows your train I'd have waited through the rain

Verse 1

Orange light is glowing soft along the road tonight Curled up safe behind the strap that holds you tight Every mile is carrying you gently toward the light Carl, the whole wide world can wait until it's light

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the engine hums a slow and steady song Nothing out there in the dark can follow where you belong Rest is coming closer now, it won't be very long

Chorus

Carl, you are the reason every light stays low and warm Sleep now, little one, you're held here safe from harm Carl, my quiet love, you're steady through the storm Nothing in this whole wide night will ever do you harm

Verse 2

Buckle strap is humming soft against your drifting chest Streetlights blink like fireflies too tired now to rest Somewhere up ahead a bed is waiting for its guest Carl, you're carried gently on toward what you need best

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the engine hums a slow and steady song Nothing out there in the dark can follow where you belong Rest is coming closer now, it won't be very long

Chorus

Carl, you are the reason every light stays low and warm Sleep now, little one, you're held here safe from harm Carl, my quiet love, you're steady through the storm Nothing in this whole wide night will ever do you harm

Bridge

Hush now, let the humming carry all your worries far Every quiet mile is proof of just how loved you are

Chorus

Carl, you are the reason every light stays low and warm Sleep now, little one, you're held here safe from harm Carl, my quiet love, you're steady through the storm Nothing in this whole wide night will ever do you harm

Outro

Sleep now while the small light glows on, soft and low Carl, you are the warmest thing this quiet night will know

Verse 1

A thin stripe of light slips in beneath the door tonight Falling soft and gold across the floor where you lie It waits there so quiet, so patient and so kind Watching over you until the hour drifts by

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past that door the whole wide house breathes low Every sound has settled, every worry let you go Close your eyes now, Carl, and feel how safe you are

Chorus

Carl, the night is holding you so gently and so near Nothing in the dark tonight can ever touch you here Carl, you are the warmest thing this quiet house has known Sleep now, little Carl, you are never on your own

Verse 2

The house grows still around you like a slow and easy tide No footsteps in the hallway, just the hush of resting things One thin line of light still glows along the floor beside And in that gentle glow, love quietly sings

Chorus

Carl, the night is holding you so gently and so near Nothing in the dark tonight can ever touch you here Carl, you are the warmest thing this quiet house has known Sleep now, little Carl, you are never on your own

Bridge

Let every breath you take grow slower than the last Nothing you must carry now, no reaching for the past

Chorus

Carl, the night is holding you so gently and so near Nothing in the dark tonight can ever touch you here Carl, you are the warmest thing this quiet house has known Sleep now, little Carl, you are never on your own

Outro

That same soft stripe of light will still be there at dawn Sleep on, dear Carl, you are so loved, so safe, so warm

Verse 1

Somewhere a hand is resting soft along the wooden rail Guiding you home through shadows where the quiet never fails Every step you're taking here is smaller than a sigh Nothing in this house tonight will wake you or your eye

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the hallway keeps its own slow, steady beat Warmth is waiting just ahead beneath your tired feet Close your eyes a little more, we're nearly there, my sweet

Chorus

Carl, the dark is only resting, nothing more than that Sleep is folding round you gentle as a blanket, soft and flat Nobody will wake you, nobody will call Carl, you are the safest thing inside these walls

Verse 2

Feel how smooth the wood has grown from years of gentle hands Every worn and polished inch was shaped by someone's plans You don't need to understand the reasons why it's there Only that it leads you soft through darkness into care

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the hallway keeps its own slow, steady beat Warmth is waiting just ahead beneath your tired feet Close your eyes a little more, we're nearly there, my sweet

Chorus

Carl, the dark is only resting, nothing more than that Sleep is folding round you gentle as a blanket, soft and flat Nobody will wake you, nobody will call Carl, you are the safest thing inside these walls

Bridge

Rest your fingers, let them loosen, you don't need to hold on tight Someone else is watching over every corner of the night

Chorus

Carl, the dark is only resting, nothing more than that Sleep is folding round you gentle as a blanket, soft and flat Nobody will wake you, nobody will call Carl, you are the safest thing inside these walls

Outro

Somewhere that same smooth rail is waiting quiet in the hall Sleep now, you are held already, gentle as before you fall