Songs for Emerson

Verse 1

You left your coat by the door Chairs stacked up, we want more The drum keeps turning, gold and loud You make this whole night soar

Pre-chorus

Feel that beat under the glass Count it down, let the moment last We're lighting up for you

Chorus

Emerson, the room is yours tonight Spin us round in your golden light Somebody call for Emerson Nobody shines quite as bright

Verse 2

Every coin drops like a cheer Every face here holds you dear You turn a room into a party Just by walking in here

Chorus

Emerson, the room is yours tonight Spin us round in your golden light Somebody call for Emerson Nobody shines quite as bright

Bridge

Hands up if you love this one Hands up till the song is done We're spinning for you, Emerson Till the whole night's gone

Chorus

Emerson, the room is yours tonight Spin us round in your golden light Somebody call for Emerson Nobody shines quite as bright

Outro

The chairs can wait against the glass We're keeping you, we're making this last

Verse 1

Mud on the blade, dug in deep You plant the seeds we get to keep Hose running cool, water so free That's how you love, generously

Pre-chorus

You wash the day right off your hands Never asking where you stand Something's building, can you feel it come

Chorus

Happy birthday, Emerson Shine today like Denison Water dripping, clean and bright Just like you, you bring the light

Verse 2

Rain or shine you're out the door Giving more than what's in store Green hose humming its own song That's the beat you carry on

Chorus

Happy birthday, Emerson Shine today like Denison Water dripping, clean and bright Just like you, you bring the light

Bridge

Stand up now, let's sing it loud Emerson deserves the crowd Every hand claps, every voice We are glad that you're our choice

Chorus

Happy birthday, Emerson Shine today like Denison Water dripping, clean and bright Just like you, you bring the light

Outro

The spade rests now, the work is done We're just glad you're the one

Verse 1

Two yellow buckets rolling in the foam Chasing where the tide has been You went running after both of them Laughing like you'd always win

Pre-chorus

Every year you find the fun in it Pull the whole room in your wake Tonight we're raising up our glasses

Chorus

Emerson, light up this table Happy birthday, come on sing You and Emerson forever That's a bell that's got to ring

Verse 2

Salt foam catching on your ankles Seaweed line still holding fast You never once looked back for it Just kept grinning as it passed

Bridge

Some folks bring the noise and colour Some folks bring the steady glow You bring both without even trying That's a thing we all should know

Chorus

Emerson, light up this table Happy birthday, come on sing You and Emerson forever That's a bell that's got to ring

Outro

Buckets rolling, tide keeps turning Glad it rolled our way with you

Verse 1

The lamps slide soft across the buckle where your small hand rests Everything outside is blurring into amber and calm You are held so close beneath the strap against your chest There is nothing in this world that means to bring you harm

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are growing heavy as the lights begin to blur Every mile is folding you in closer than before So let the hush of travelling be all you have to hear

Chorus

Sleep now, sleep now, little Emerson, the night is soft and slow You are cradled safe in orange light that drifts as we go Nothing here will wake you, nothing here will ask you more Rest easy, rest easy, Emerson, there's nowhere else to go

Verse 2

The buckle glows a moment then it fades to dark again Just like that the whole wide world is dimming into rest You don't need to understand the rhythm or explain Only close your eyes and know you're safest on this chest

Chorus

Sleep now, sleep now, little Emerson, the night is soft and slow You are cradled safe in orange light that drifts as we go Nothing here will wake you, nothing here will ask you more Rest easy, rest easy, Emerson, there's nowhere else to go

Bridge

Every light that passes over you is bowing as it goes Watching you sleep is the gentlest thing I know

Chorus

Sleep now, sleep now, little Emerson, the night is soft and slow You are cradled safe in orange light that drifts as we go Nothing here will wake you, nothing here will ask you more Rest easy, rest easy, Emerson, there's nowhere else to go

Outro

The lamps keep sliding gently though your eyes have long since closed Sleep on, little Emerson, safe in the light and held in the glow

Verse 1

The water is folding in slow against the ladder's rusted rail Somewhere a gate has swung shut and the harbour breathes out its sail Nothing tonight is asking anything of you at all You're wrapped where the dark can never find a way to pull you pale

Chorus

Emerson, the night has laid its whole weight down so gentle Close as a hand that never once has let you go Rest now, there is nothing here that means you any trouble Emerson, the dark tonight is only here to hold you slow

Verse 2

Far off a bell is swinging soft on ropes too tired to ring it loud Every small sound out there has wrapped itself in a low grey cloud You are the warmest thing in all this hush and cooling air Nothing that moves tonight would ever want to break this shroud

Pre-chorus

Hear how the water settles, giving up its restless reaching Even the old iron rail has stopped its creaking and its teaching Something is leaning close now, ready to start its gentle preaching

Chorus

Emerson, the night has laid its whole weight down so gentle Close as a hand that never once has let you go Rest now, there is nothing here that means you any trouble Emerson, the dark tonight is only here to hold you slow

Bridge

Let every small worry drift down and out with the turning tide Nothing needs you awake to keep it steady at your side

Chorus

Emerson, the night has laid its whole weight down so gentle Close as a hand that never once has let you go Rest now, there is nothing here that means you any trouble Emerson, the dark tonight is only here to hold you slow

Outro

The water still folds soft against the ladder, patient, slow and true Sleep now, none of this old dark was ever anything but you

Verse 1

Far on the ridge one small window is glowing for you Steady and gold while the pine trees are darkening too Nothing tonight is as far as it seems from your bed Sleep now, the whole quiet valley is holding your head

Pre-chorus

Close now your eyes, let the branches sway soft overhead Every small sound settles down into hush as you're fed Warm as that light, you are carried on into

Chorus

Emerson, rest where the soft dark begins Nothing can reach you past pine trees and wind Sleep is a blanket that nobody's taking Emerson, dream till the slow light is breaking

Verse 2

Somewhere out there is a lamp keeping watch on its own Small as it looks, it was never once left there alone You are that light held so gently against the whole night Nothing that's dark in the world gets to dim down your light

Bridge

Let the wind lean through the pines and pass you by Nothing it carries will wake you or ask you why

Chorus

Emerson, rest where the soft dark begins Nothing can reach you past pine trees and wind Sleep is a blanket that nobody's taking Emerson, dream till the slow light is breaking

Outro

Somewhere that window still glows on the ridge, soft and slow Just like that light, you are watched over wherever you go