Birthday Songs for Iris

• Spin You Round

  Swing big band · Swing · Big band · Brassy

  A swinging, horn-driven birthday song built for a whole room to sing, born from a sprinkler spinning on the lawn and paper plates stacked for cake.

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  Verse 1

  Grass is wet beneath our feet Plates are stacked, the day's complete Somebody grab the candles quick You make this whole thing sweet

  Pre-chorus

  Water's spinning, catching light Everybody's here tonight So let the horns get this one right

  Chorus

  Iris, you're the reason we came Nobody else could light this flame Sprinkler's turning, so is the sky Iris, say your beautiful name

  Verse 2

  Cake is leaning, icing's thick Somebody's already grabbed a stick You laugh loud above it all That laugh could do the trick

  Chorus

  Iris, you're the reason we came Nobody else could light this flame Sprinkler's turning, so is the sky Iris, say your beautiful name

  Bridge

  Every year we get to keep you That's the gift, plain and true Blow so hard the candles run Then we'll start the song again for you

  Chorus

  Iris, you're the reason we came Nobody else could light this flame Sprinkler's turning, so is the sky Iris, say your beautiful name

  Outro

  Grass still spinning, plates still stacked Iris, glad you came like that

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• Boots by the Shed

  Funk strut · Funk · Clavinet · Strut

  A funky, stomping birthday song built from muddy boots and ripening tomatoes, for anybody who grows into the people around them. Perfect for a room full of friends who want to sing loud and mean it.

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  Verse 1

  You track mud clean across the floor and nobody minds it anymore the tomatoes lean toward where you've been that's the kind of warmth you bring

  Pre-chorus

  So light the candles, pour the wine we've been counting down the time for the one line that says it right

  Chorus

  Iris, put your boots up on the step Iris, you're the best thing that we've kept another year has ripened, gold and true every single one was better next to you

  Verse 2

  You leave the gate hooked, never shut like you knew we'd all show up the vines don't care who gets the praise but we do, and we're raising ours today

  Chorus

  Iris, put your boots up on the step Iris, you're the best thing that we've kept another year has ripened, gold and true every single one was better next to you

  Bridge

  Here's to the dirt beneath your nails to showing up when courage fails we don't need the perfect scene we just need you, exactly as you've been

  Chorus

  Iris, put your boots up on the step Iris, you're the best thing that we've kept another year has ripened, gold and true every single one was better next to you

  Outro

  Leave the boots out by the door we'll need them again once more

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• Clear the Dark

  Acoustic pop · Acoustic · Pop · Warm

  A warm acoustic birthday singalong for Iris, built around the moment wipers clear a windscreen and headlights find the road ahead: a song about being the one who makes the way visible.

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  Verse 1

  Windows fogging, breath on glass You reach over, wipe it clear Whatever's coming, whatever's next You always face it, standing near

  Pre-chorus

  The wipers push the dark away Headlights catching drops of rain We're pulling closer, come what may

  Chorus

  Iris, you're the light we drive toward No storm can dim your fire Every road feels short with you Iris, you're who we admire

  Verse 2

  Steam keeps rising off our cups You laugh and no one minds the cold Somehow you make the night feel warm Somehow you never once look old

  Bridge

  Blow the candles, make it bright Let the whole room learn your name tonight

  Chorus

  Iris, you're the light we drive toward No storm can dim your fire Every road feels short with you Iris, you're who we admire

  Outro

  Wipers still, the glass runs clear Here's to you, another year

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