Songs for Connie

Verse 1

Glasses sweat and gather round best noise that we've found cups are clinking, table's wet you're the one we won't forget

Pre-chorus

Somebody's shouting, get up here raise a glass and give a cheer tonight's the night we all lean in

Chorus

Connie, Connie, lift it high happiest of days, no need to ask why bonny Connie, own the room every table brighter when you're in it too

Verse 2

Table's scratched from years of nights but nothing dims when you're in sight spill your drink, we won't complain you're the reason we came again

Pre-chorus

Somebody's shouting, get up here raise a glass and give a cheer tonight's the night we all lean in

Chorus

Connie, Connie, lift it high happiest of days, no need to ask why bonny Connie, own the room every table brighter when you're in it too

Bridge

Here's to you, however old you're turning every candle on that cake still burning we'll toast you till the taps run dry

Chorus

Connie, Connie, lift it high happiest of days, no need to ask why bonny Connie, own the room every table brighter when you're in it too

Outro

Table's wet, the glasses clinking here's to you, we're all still thinking

Verse 1

An old bike waits above the water rusted tight but standing still time has come and time keeps going yet you're here and always will

Pre-chorus

Every year the current changes still you hold your ground and grin so we gather, hearts wide open

Chorus

Happy birthday, Connie, bonny light the candles, sing it loud you're the one who ties us steady Connie, Connie, we're so proud

Verse 2

The rail is cold, the chain is rusted but the lock still holds it fast just like you hold every one of us closer with each year that's passed

Bridge

Green water moving, never stopping but some things anchor, stay in place you're the kind of steady wonder nothing wears and nothing fades

Chorus

Happy birthday, Connie, bonny light the candles, sing it loud you're the one who ties us steady Connie, Connie, we're so proud

Outro

That old bike is still there waiting just like you, we're glad you stayed

Verse 1

You scatter crumbs like you own the whole street Bold little pigeon bobs in for a treat You laugh at the fuss over something so small And somehow you brighten the light for us all

Pre-chorus

So bring out the horns and the noise Let every glass in the room raise Because tonight has your name on it

Chorus

Connie, the room lights up when you're here Nobody else could steal every scene Loud or so quiet, you're always so dear Happy returns to our bonny old Connie

Verse 2

You feed every stray that wanders your way Under the slats where the shadows all play You give out your warmth like it costs you nothing And somehow that makes you the finest thing

Bridge

Here's to the crumbs and the corners you've kept Here's to the hearts you have quietly swept

Chorus

Connie, the room lights up when you're here Nobody else could steal every scene Loud or so quiet, you're always so dear Happy returns to our bonny old Connie

Outro

Somewhere a pigeon still pecks at the ground But you are the best thing that we ever found

Verse 1

Rain caught the red of your coat Ran down and found your shoe Some ordinary Tuesday But I stood there loving you

Pre-chorus

Nothing about it was staged No reason my chest went tight Just you in the falling water Turning the grey to light

Chorus

Connie, you steady my hands Connie, you slow down the rain No one else stops me like this No one else feels like home again

Verse 2

You shake the wet from your sleeve Laugh like it's nothing at all I keep these small quiet minutes Long after the moments fall

Bridge

I've loved you loud, I've loved you plain Through sunshine and through this rain Every version stays the same

Chorus

Connie, you steady my hands Connie, you slow down the rain No one else stops me like this No one else feels like home again

Outro

The leather still carries that mark A little proof I loved you here

Verse 1

That old plastic box still cracks Sitting on the cloth, red and black You packed it before the sun was up Filled with love in a chipped old cup

Chorus

Connie, you're the steady kind of true Nobody loves like you do Through the stony days, the bonny ones too I keep coming home to you

Verse 2

Some folks want the shiny, new I just want the box, and you Worn at the edges, tried and tested Nothing about us feels suggested

Pre-chorus

Every fold in that old red cloth Says you never once held back or scoffed And that kind of love don't come around twice

Chorus

Connie, you're the steady kind of true Nobody loves like you do Through the stony days, the bonny ones too I keep coming home to you

Bridge

I don't need the world to shout your name I just need you here, again, the same Cracked box, red cloth, your hands, this life No one else could hold it half as right

Chorus

Connie, you're the steady kind of true Nobody loves like you do Through the stony days, the bonny ones too I keep coming home to you

Outro

That old box still sits and waits Held by you, love never fades

Verse 1

Streetlamp humming, going stony grey Puddles catching all the light away Rain keeps coming down in sheets Still I'd rather walk with you than stay

Chorus

Connie, you're the steady in my chest Every step with you, I feel blessed Some folk chase the bonny and the loud Connie, you were always more than the rest

Verse 2

Our boots keep time on the wet stone Nobody's walking home alone You laugh and it echoes down the road That sound's the only one I've known

Pre-chorus

No promises dressed up as gold No story that gets bigger when it's told Just this, plain and true and slow

Chorus

Connie, you're the steady in my chest Every step with you, I feel blessed Some folk chase the bonny and the loud Connie, you were always more than the rest

Bridge

Let the lamp above us flicker out I'd know your hand without a doubt Some nights don't need a single word

Chorus

Connie, you're the steady in my chest Every step with you, I feel blessed Some folk chase the bonny and the loud Connie, you were always more than the rest

Outro

Streetlamp's buzzing, boots are wet You're the one I won't forget

Verse 1

A stripe of orange light lies low along the floorboards tracing the old pattern on the wall so soft and slow and somewhere in this quiet house a small heart beats and settles while everything around you breathes and lets the darkness grow

Pre-chorus

The light will fade to nothing but the warmth stays in the room hush now, let your eyes grow heavy, let your shoulders down the whole wide world can wait outside while sleep comes rolling in

Chorus

Connie, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you nobody could love a small one more than you are loved you are bonny, you are steady, you're the calm this house holds true Connie, drift away now, safe beneath the stars above

Verse 2

The wallpaper goes quiet as the colour slips away leaving just a memory of gold along the wall but you are held here warmer than the last light of the day and nothing in the shadows means you any harm at all

Chorus

Connie, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you nobody could love a small one more than you are loved you are bonny, you are steady, you're the calm this house holds true Connie, drift away now, safe beneath the stars above

Bridge

Sleep is just the light going gently out of sight not a leaving, only resting, folded soft and tight

Chorus

Connie, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you nobody could love a small one more than you are loved you are bonny, you are steady, you're the calm this house holds true Connie, drift away now, safe beneath the stars above

Outro

The floor forgets the sunlight but the warmth is staying here sleep now, little bonny Connie, morning's always near

Verse 1

Look how quiet the white flakes gather on the sill tonight while the radiator hums its low and steady glow the cold stays outside pressing softly on the glass but here inside the warmth is all you need to know

Pre-chorus

Every flake outside is settling slow and light and the room holds still around your breathing so let your eyes grow heavy with the night

Chorus

Connie, the snow is falling soft and the house is warm and still sleep is coming gentle as the frost upon the sill you are held here safely, Connie, nothing here can do you harm just the hush of falling snow and the quiet of your arm

Verse 2

The glass is cold but your blanket holds the warmth you're wrapped in and nothing out there in the dark can reach where you lie the flakes will keep on falling long after your eyes have closed and you'll be dreaming safe and warm beneath this quiet sky

Bridge

Nothing needs to happen now, nothing needs to stir just the soft hush of the night wrapping round like fur

Chorus

Connie, the snow is falling soft and the house is warm and still sleep is coming gentle as the frost upon the sill you are held here safely, Connie, nothing here can do you harm just the hush of falling snow and the quiet of your arm

Outro

The flakes keep gathering softly while you drift off to sleep and warm and safe within these walls, your rest is yours to keep

Verse 1

A brown feather drifts past the window where you lie settling on dark moss beneath the open sky nothing out there moves too fast or feels unkind this whole night was made to ease your busy mind

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the ticking clock grow soft and slow feel the warmth beneath the blanket start to grow close your eyes, there's somewhere gentle you can go

Chorus

Connie, the dark is only resting, nothing more sleep finds you softer than it's found you before stay here with me where the quiet loves you best bonny Connie, let the night hold all the rest

Verse 2

Somewhere a window's open just a careful inch letting in air that smells of moss and evening's hush your breathing slows to match the calm outside the pane nothing tonight will ask you to be brave again

Chorus

Connie, the dark is only resting, nothing more sleep finds you softer than it's found you before stay here with me where the quiet loves you best bonny Connie, let the night hold all the rest

Bridge

Wherever you drift off to, I'll still be near holding this small and quiet corner of the year you don't need to hold on tight or keep watch too the whole slow night has only one job: loving you

Chorus

Connie, the dark is only resting, nothing more sleep finds you softer than it's found you before stay here with me where the quiet loves you best bonny Connie, let the night hold all the rest

Outro

Somewhere that feather still rests soft on darkened moss you can let go now, there is nothing here to lose