Songs for Julian

Verse 1

You slide the corner table out and wave the whole room in the taps are dripping overhead but you're the reason we begin

Pre-chorus

Somebody grab the fiddle now somebody stamp the floor we're loud because we love you

Chorus

Julian, pour another round Julian, don't sit down you make this dusty corner shine like it's the best bar in town

Verse 2

The candles catch the amber light and drip down just like beer you laugh and every table leans to catch you loud and clear

Bridge

Here's to the nights you kept us close here's to the friend you've been raise up your glass and toast yourself Julian, let it spill again

Chorus

Julian, pour another round Julian, don't sit down you make this dusty corner shine like it's the best bar in town

Outro

The taps will drip long after this but you're the warmth we'll remember

Verse 1

Something's rattling down the hall Metal jackets, having a ball Clattering like a runaway train That racket sounds like your name again

Pre-chorus

Every room gets louder when you're in it You spin the noise up every minute So grab the candles, here's the count

Chorus

Julian, you're worth a million Loud and bright and never still, and Julian, you shine like brass Nobody parties like you do, class

Verse 2

Zippers clanging round and round Nothing that wild made a better sound You've got that same old clattering charm Waking the whole house, arm in arm

Pre-chorus

Every room gets louder when you're in it You spin the noise up every minute So grab the candles, here's the count

Chorus

Julian, you're worth a million Loud and bright and never still, and Julian, you shine like brass Nobody parties like you do, class

Bridge

Here's to another trip around Here's to the joy, here's to the sound We wouldn't trade this noise for quiet Not for anything, we won't deny it

Chorus

Julian, you're worth a million Loud and bright and never still, and Julian, you shine like brass Nobody parties like you do, class

Outro

Let the drum spin, let it clatter You're the sound that's always mattered

Verse 1

Boxes spilling at the market Bruised gold piled up high Nobody looks twice at lemons But we always look for you

Pre-chorus

You turn plain crates into treasure Just by standing near So let the trumpets find the reason

Chorus

Julian, the room lifts when you're in it You shine like something spilled and brilliant Twice as loud as any million Julian, we're glad you're here tonight

Verse 2

Some things get better when they're battered Lemons prove that's true Every mark you've picked up living Only makes us love you more

Bridge

Blow the horns and let it carry Out past the awning, down the street Everybody raise a glass now This whole crowd came here for you

Chorus

Julian, the room lifts when you're in it You shine like something spilled and brilliant Twice as loud as any million Julian, we're glad you're here tonight

Outro

Take the bruised ones, take the bright ones Julian, we'd pick you every time

Verse 1

The shaker tips and spills between us salt on the cotton, red and white you laugh and brush it with your hand and something in me turns to light

Pre-chorus

It's such a small and simple thing but you make ordinary glow I feel it building, wanting out

Chorus

Julian, you're steady as the morning the calm I didn't know I'd need no grand gesture, no big warning just you, and that's enough for me

Verse 2

We sit here with our elbows close the gingham catching all the sun you talk about some small thing lost and I don't want this to be done

Bridge

Nothing here is dressed up fancy no candle, nothing rehearsed just salt and cloth and you across me and I feel like I've been blessed first

Chorus

Julian, you're steady as the morning the calm I didn't know I'd need no grand gesture, no big warning just you, and that's enough for me

Outro

The shaker's tipped, the salt's still there and you're still here, and I don't care

Verse 1

Dust rises soft off the sleeves Every cover a hundred old dreams But my hands keep still on your name Nothing else in the bin feels the same

Pre-chorus

I could search every row in this place Every faded and forgotten face But I already know who I need

Chorus

Julian, you're the one that I choose Not some story I found and could lose Steady as vinyl spinning round You're the truest thing I've found

Verse 2

Some records skip, some just fade You're the one that never needs remade Others gather dust on the shelf You still sound like you mean it yourself

Chorus

Julian, you're the one that I choose Not some story I found and could lose Steady as vinyl spinning round You're the truest thing I've found

Bridge

Let the others stay boxed and unplayed I don't need a diamond or gold I just need what your hands always made Something warm that never grows old

Chorus

Julian, you're the one that I choose Not some story I found and could lose Steady as vinyl spinning round You're the truest thing I've found

Outro

Dust still rises when I look for you But my hands always know what is true

Verse 1

Dry grass bends beneath my boots the slope keeps climbing, so do you the hill won't level, not once, not soon but I'd walk this ground for good

Pre-chorus

My legs are tired, my breath runs thin but I keep going, keep pushing in because the top is wherever you are

Chorus

Julian, you're the reason I climb every hard mile, you're worth the time Julian, steady, brilliant, true there's no summit I want but you

Verse 2

The grass lies flat where we have been every hillside holds what we've seen you never once told me to turn round you just kept walking, kept me found

Chorus

Julian, you're the reason I climb every hard mile, you're worth the time Julian, steady, brilliant, true there's no summit I want but you

Bridge

Let the ground rise, let the wind turn cold I'm not letting go of your hand's hold whatever slope, whatever weather we were always meant to climb together

Chorus

Julian, you're the reason I climb every hard mile, you're worth the time Julian, steady, brilliant, true there's no summit I want but you

Outro

The grass will rise again come spring but I'm still yours on any climbing