Birthday Songs for Kieran

• The Shed Door Wide

  Gospel celebration · Gospel · Choir · Claps

  A stomping gospel birthday song that finds the party spilling out into the garden, streamers caught on a rake, and turns it into a shout of thanks for the person who called everyone out there.

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  Verse 1

  Somebody left the shed door wide Streamers all caught up on the rake We came outside to find you there Lighting the candles on your cake

  Pre-chorus

  Whole garden's buzzing, string lights swinging Voices climbing, hands are clapping We're building up to something bigger

  Chorus

  Kieran, the whole yard's singing your name Nobody here does it like you're doing Kieran, you've turned this into a flame Look at this love that you've been brewing

  Verse 2

  You dragged that rake out just for fun Hung it with ribbons, called us near Somehow you make the smallest thing Feel like the reason we're all here

  Pre-chorus

  Whole garden's buzzing, string lights swinging Voices climbing, hands are clapping We're building up to something bigger

  Chorus

  Kieran, the whole yard's singing your name Nobody here does it like you're doing Kieran, you've turned this into a flame Look at this love that you've been brewing

  Bridge

  Every year we find you here Holding the door, holding us near Grateful just to call you ours Under these borrowed garden stars

  Chorus

  Kieran, the whole yard's singing your name Nobody here does it like you're doing Kieran, you've turned this into a flame Look at this love that you've been brewing

  Outro

  Leave the shed door open wide We're glad we followed you outside

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• Up on the Roof

  Ceilidh jig · Ceilidh · Accordion · Whirling

  A rooftop birthday knees-up for Kieran, all fairy lights and paper cups, sung by whoever's lucky enough to be up there with him.

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  Verse 1

  We climbed the stairs to find you With half the street behind you Someone brought a speaker up And filled your hand a cup

  Pre-chorus

  The night's still young, the cups still full Somebody's shoutin', somebody's pulled A chair up close to sing to you

  Chorus

  Kieran, get up, we're tearin' it up Pass round the plates, don't stop, don't stop Kieran, we came for you and no one else We're sharing this roof, we're sharing this air

  Verse 2

  The old machine hums under us Steady as a heartbeat, patient, safe You're laughing at something daft again And nobody wants to leave this place

  Pre-chorus

  The night's still young, the cups still full Somebody's shoutin', somebody's pulled A chair up close to sing to you

  Chorus

  Kieran, get up, we're tearin' it up Pass round the plates, don't stop, don't stop Kieran, we came for you and no one else We're sharing this roof, we're sharing this air

  Bridge

  Every year we find a way up here Just to tell you plain, you're loved down here No fancy hall, no grand affair Just us, the stars, and you up there

  Chorus

  Kieran, get up, we're tearin' it up Pass round the plates, don't stop, don't stop Kieran, we came for you and no one else We're sharing this roof, we're sharing this air

  Outro

  Long after the lights go dim below We'll still be here, and so will you

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• Chalk Circle

  Acoustic pop · Acoustic · Pop · Warm

  A big, singable birthday song built round a lopsided chalk circle on a football pitch, the kind of thing a whole room can shout together for Kieran.

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  Verse 1

  Somebody grabbed the chalk today drew a wobbly ring your way eight lines crooked, none of them straight that's the shape of how we're feeling

  Chorus

  Kieran, the pitch is yours tonight every crooked line drawn right we're out here sharing all the noise happy birthday, Kieran, shine

  Verse 2

  You could laugh at how it's drawn chalk dust fading by the dawn but nobody minds it isn't neat we just wanted you to see it

  Pre-chorus

  So stand right there in the middle let the whole ground hold its breath because we've all been waiting for this

  Chorus

  Kieran, the pitch is yours tonight every crooked line drawn right we're out here sharing all the noise happy birthday, Kieran, shine

  Bridge

  However far you end up wearing that same old grin, that same old care we'll still be here, still cheering, sharing this one circle, drawn just for you

  Chorus

  Kieran, the pitch is yours tonight every crooked line drawn right we're out here sharing all the noise happy birthday, Kieran, shine

  Outro

  The chalk will wash away by morning but you're the mark that always stays

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