Songs for Hayes

Verse 1

You spill the tokens on the counter Gold light catching all your ways Every ticket feels like winning When the night is turned to Hayes

Pre-chorus

Count the lights up on the ceiling Feel that spinning, giddy phrase We been waiting on this feeling

Chorus

Hayes, tonight the room is yours Everybody knows your name Hayes, we came to watch you shine Nobody burns quite like that flame

Verse 2

Wooden counters, plastic treasure Every coin a little blaze You turn waiting into pleasure Make the ordinary raise

Pre-chorus

Count the lights up on the ceiling Feel that spinning, giddy phrase We been waiting on this feeling

Chorus

Hayes, tonight the room is yours Everybody knows your name Hayes, we came to watch you shine Nobody burns quite like that flame

Bridge

Spin us round the fairground maze Let the mirror ball ignite Every year adds up to Hayes Brighter, closer to the light

Chorus

Hayes, tonight the room is yours Everybody knows your name Hayes, we came to watch you shine Nobody burns quite like that flame

Outro

Tokens scatter, bright and golden Hayes, we're glad you came

Verse 1

Rain is tapping on the glass Steam is climbing off your cup Nobody wants to leave this booth You just light it up like rays

Chorus

Hayes, you warm the whole room up Hayes, we're happy just because Outside the world runs through its maze But here with you it's simple, Hayes

Verse 2

Somebody spills their tea and laughs Somebody's telling half the tale Every eye keeps drifting back You're the reason no one strays

Pre-chorus

Candles catch the window's haze Somebody's counting up the days We all lean in, waiting on your name

Chorus

Hayes, you warm the whole room up Hayes, we're happy just because Outside the world runs through its maze But here with you it's simple, Hayes

Bridge

However long the winter stays We'll find you through the grey You make the ordinary blaze Happy birthday, Hayes

Chorus

Hayes, you warm the whole room up Hayes, we're happy just because Outside the world runs through its maze But here with you it's simple, Hayes

Outro

Steam still climbs the window glass Warm enough to last for days

Verse 1

We stack the chairs against the wall but no one wants to leave because you kept us laughing here far past when we should leave

Chorus

Hayes, you turn a cold room warm Hayes, you light the haze However far this year has come we're glad it brought these days

Verse 2

You pull the tables into rows you hand out every chair somehow this draughty little hall feels like the best place there

Pre-chorus

Someone's finding candles now someone's turning out the light we're holding on to one more breath

Chorus

Hayes, you turn a cold room warm Hayes, you light the haze However far this year has come we're glad it brought these days

Bridge

Sing it loud enough to shake the beams sing it till the echo stays every voice in this old hall is glad to know your ways

Chorus

Hayes, you turn a cold room warm Hayes, you light the haze However far this year has come we're glad it brought these days

Outro

We'll fold the chairs against the wall but carry home this warmth always

Verse 1

A thin line of gold is resting soft along the floor It slips beneath the door to watch you as you lie Nothing in the dark tonight is coming for you, Hayes Only quiet things are drifting slowly by

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the whole house hush around you Every little sound is turning into sleep There is nowhere safer than the warmth you're wrapped in deep

Chorus

Hayes, the night has come to hold you gently now Soft as breathing, quiet as the ways You are carried through the dark on love that never wavers Hayes, you rest inside my gaze

Verse 2

The carpet holds a warmth the lamplight left behind it And it stretches out so slow it barely moves Somewhere past that door the whole wide world is waiting But nothing needs you yet, so slowly snooze

Bridge

I will stay until the gold has faded into grey Watching over you till morning finds its way

Chorus

Hayes, the night has come to hold you gently now Soft as breathing, quiet as the ways You are carried through the dark on love that never wavers Hayes, you rest inside my gaze

Outro

That same soft line of light will still be there tomorrow Waiting under doors for you to wake

Verse 1

Softly the chair leans back and forward, easy and slow Wool fringe brushes your fingers wherever they go You are held safe here while the whole house stays quiet Nothing tonight can touch you, nothing can follow

Chorus

Hayes, my love, the dark is only resting Close your eyes now, let the hush be your blanket Somewhere a candle dims but you are the brightest Hayes, you are held through all of these long grey days

Verse 2

Every thread that trails is holding on to you tender Rocking slower now, the room begins to surrender You breathe like the tide going out on some quiet shore Sleep is only another way of saying I remember

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let your small hands finally rest and unclench Feel how the night folds soft around this little bench Nothing waits out there but morning, patient and slow

Chorus

Hayes, my love, the dark is only resting Close your eyes now, let the hush be your blanket Somewhere a candle dims but you are the brightest Hayes, you are held through all of these long grey days

Bridge

Wherever you drift tonight, you drift here still Wrapped in the same old wool, held at the same windowsill

Chorus

Hayes, my love, the dark is only resting Close your eyes now, let the hush be your blanket Somewhere a candle dims but you are the brightest Hayes, you are held through all of these long grey days

Outro

Sleep now, the chair keeps rocking long after you are still Wool fringe swaying gently, holding your place until

Verse 1

A light slips slow across the wall and then it fades away born from some far road where cars are drifting home so late it finds you lying warm before it quietly moves along and I am sitting near you while the whole wide house stays calm

Pre-chorus

Nothing out there in the dark can reach this little room the night is only softness gathering round you like a tune and I will stay right here to watch the quiet come

Chorus

Hayes, the light is moving gentle, and so are all your days the world outside is turning slowly in its careful ways close your eyes now, let the darkness hum you into rest Hayes, you are the calmest thing and you are truly blessed

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window cars are humming down a distant street but here the only sound is breathing soft and slow and sweet the beam glides past the ceiling like a hand that smooths your hair and everything about this moment tells you love is here

Pre-chorus

Nothing out there in the dark can reach this little room the night is only softness gathering round you like a tune and I will stay right here to watch the quiet come

Chorus

Hayes, the light is moving gentle, and so are all your days the world outside is turning slowly in its careful ways close your eyes now, let the darkness hum you into rest Hayes, you are the calmest thing and you are truly blessed

Bridge

Let every worry drift off like a car that's passed and gone you are held here, safe and steady, till the coming dawn

Chorus

Hayes, the light is moving gentle, and so are all your days the world outside is turning slowly in its careful ways close your eyes now, let the darkness hum you into rest Hayes, you are the calmest thing and you are truly blessed

Outro

The light has gone now, and the wall is still and softly grey sleep well, my dear one, carried gently into your own days