Songs for Kimberly

Verse 1

The gates swing open wide tonight Painted cars pull into place Everybody's holding on tight Waiting just to see your face

Pre-chorus

The brakes are set, the crowd leans in Somebody's counting down to go Here's where the cheering starts to build

Chorus

Kimberly, the whole track's calling Climb aboard, we'll ride together Kimberly, this year is starting We're glad you're here, now and forever

Verse 2

You laugh the loudest in the queue Grab the bar and lean out far Nobody rides a year like you You make this whole thing feel like ours

Pre-chorus

The brakes are set, the crowd leans in Somebody's counting down to go Here's where the cheering starts to build

Chorus

Kimberly, the whole track's calling Climb aboard, we'll ride together Kimberly, this year is starting We're glad you're here, now and forever

Bridge

Every loop we've taken, you were there Steady hands, wild grin, holding on

Chorus

Kimberly, the whole track's calling Climb aboard, we'll ride together Kimberly, this year is starting We're glad you're here, now and forever

Outro

The cars roll home along the rail Happy birthday, Kimberly, safe and sound

Verse 1

Geraniums lined up like a promise Three blue buckets stacked up tall You planted love in every corner And it grew taller than us all

Pre-chorus

We been counting down the hours Saving up the candle light Something's building, get up closer

Chorus

Kimberly, the room is yours tonight Everybody came to see you shine Feels like summer even in December Kimberly, you're one of a kind

Verse 2

You show up with your hands still dirty Straight from tending something small You make ordinary things feel sturdy You're the reason we stand tall

Bridge

Every year you get a little braver A little brighter, still the same Whatever grows, you're always near it Watching close and calling names

Chorus

Kimberly, the room is yours tonight Everybody came to see you shine Feels like summer even in December Kimberly, you're one of a kind

Outro

Blue buckets waiting on the workbench Kimberly, keep on blooming, friend

Verse 1

Blue kickboards stacked up high Waiting by the shallow tide You always made the water feel like home Never once you swam alone

Pre-chorus

Everybody grabs a board today We're paddling out to say Kimberly, we came here to

Chorus

Kimberly, light up the room Blow out the candles, make a boom We love you loud, we love you free You shine on us so tenderly

Verse 2

You call and gather all your crew Somehow we all show up for you One splash and the whole pool grins This is how your birthday begins

Chorus

Kimberly, light up the room Blow out the candles, make a boom We love you loud, we love you free You shine on us so tenderly

Bridge

Another year, another wave to ride We'll float on this together, side by side Whatever comes, you meet it with a grin That's the kind of heart that lets us in

Chorus

Kimberly, light up the room Blow out the candles, make a boom We love you loud, we love you free You shine on us so tenderly

Outro

The boards still lean against the wall We'll keep them ready for your call

Verse 1

I put a coin in just to see if the horizon holds you still you're further off than you should be but I'll keep climbing that same hill

Pre-chorus

The lens goes dark before I'm done I never get the time I paid for I'm always reaching for the sun

Chorus

Kimberly, I'd cross the whole coast for you find you past the edge of sight however far the water runs to you're the one thing I get right

Verse 2

The railing's rust comes off on my hands but I hold it anyway because it's pointed where you stand even on the greyest day

Chorus

Kimberly, I'd cross the whole coast for you find you past the edge of sight however far the water runs to you're the one thing I get right

Bridge

No glass is strong enough to hold you no coin buys enough time I'd empty every pocket to know you and call that money well spent tonight

Chorus

Kimberly, I'd cross the whole coast for you find you past the edge of sight however far the water runs to you're the one thing I get right

Outro

I'll leave the telescope pointed at nothing it already found what it was for

Verse 1

Morning light on the checkered cloth Milk bottle standing empty and tall You hum something low and soft This little room holds it all

Pre-chorus

I never needed candles lit Just you across from me like this Something in me leans your way

Chorus

Kimberly, you make the plain thing shine Butter dish and bread and tea I could live inside this line Kimberly, you're steady company

Verse 2

You set the table without a word Fold the napkin, pour it slow Some things never need to be heard Some things you already know

Chorus

Kimberly, you make the plain thing shine Butter dish and bread and tea I could live inside this line Kimberly, you're steady company

Bridge

Years could pass and find us here Same old cloth, same worn chair Love that doesn't need to prove Love that just keeps showing up

Chorus

Kimberly, you make the plain thing shine Butter dish and bread and tea I could live inside this line Kimberly, you're steady company

Outro

The milk bottle catches the light again Kimberly, so do you, my friend

Verse 1

Leaves piled up, wet and slow Nobody's rushing, nowhere to go You lean the rake against the tree That's the picture I want to keep with me

Pre-chorus

Nothing flashy, nothing loud No grand gesture, no crowd Just this feeling, growing stronger still

Chorus

Kimberly, you're the quiet part of me Steady as an old oak, family Kimberly, I love you generally But mostly in these hours, tenderly

Verse 2

Branches tangled, never pruned right You laugh and say we'll leave them tonight Fingers cold from the damp and the chore I'd rather be right here than anywhere more

Bridge

Some loves shout, some loves burn fast Ours just settles, built to last Like the tree that keeps on growing wild You're the calm I chose, unstyled

Chorus

Kimberly, you're the quiet part of me Steady as an old oak, family Kimberly, I love you generally But mostly in these hours, tenderly

Outro

Leave the leaves, leave the tree unpruned We've got all we need, nothing to be tuned

Verse 1

Far off on the shore a quiet light begins to turn warm and white it circles like it's calling you by name watch it drift so slowly over waters calm and still gentle as a breath that never wavers, never strains

Pre-chorus

everything is settling, the whole wide world grows small nothing here can hurry you, no reason left to keep just the light that turns for you, patient through it all

Chorus

Kimberly, the beam is sweeping soft across the dark carrying you gently to the edges of your sleep every turn it makes belongs to you and only you Kimberly, the night is wide but you are safe to keep

Verse 2

the tide goes out so slowly you would hardly see it move the same way sleep is pulling at the corners of your mind nothing in this evening needs an answer or a reason only rest, and you, and all the softness left behind

Chorus

Kimberly, the beam is sweeping soft across the dark carrying you gently to the edges of your sleep every turn it makes belongs to you and only you Kimberly, the night is wide but you are safe to keep

Bridge

no storm can find you here beneath this quiet glow the light will keep on turning long after you let go

Chorus

Kimberly, the beam is sweeping soft across the dark carrying you gently to the edges of your sleep every turn it makes belongs to you and only you Kimberly, the night is wide but you are safe to keep

Outro

somewhere far away that steady light keeps turning still and you are held inside its glow, so warm, so safe, so still

Verse 1

A little glass marble is rolling so slow across the sill tonight Tracing its path where the wood tips gently toward the fading light You are held here safely, wrapped up warm and near And you rock the way that marble does, so easy and so right

Pre-chorus

The window goes quiet and the house breathes low and long Every small sound settles into something like a song And the dark leans in soft to carry you along

Chorus

Kimberly, the night is yours to keep and hold so tenderly Sleep is rolling closer now as slow as it can be Nothing in this room will ever come to trouble you Kimberly, you're loved in ways too big for me to see

Verse 2

The marble finds the low edge and it rests there, warm and still It doesn't hurry anywhere, it simply has its fill You can let go now the way that small glass sphere does Settling soft into the corner of the sill

Bridge

Whatever rolled through your small day is finished now and done Rest your head where all the quiet and the warmth become one

Chorus

Kimberly, the night is yours to keep and hold so tenderly Sleep is rolling closer now as slow as it can be Nothing in this room will ever come to trouble you Kimberly, you're loved in ways too big for me to see

Outro

Somewhere on the sill a small glass marble has gone still Sleep now, you are held, and you always, always will

Verse 1

The hood curves low and folds the light away so soft cradling you gently as the evening drifts aloft Wrapped in wool that holds the warmth the whole night long you rest inside the hush of one small quiet song

Chorus

Kimberly, the dark leans down to keep you near nothing in this shadow ever brings you fear Close your eyes, the night has you, Kimberly, so still held inside the shade until the stars all spill

Verse 2

Somewhere past the hood the wind has lost its way tired now, it settles where the shadows stay You breathe so slow beneath the woven, curving frame and sleep has learned by heart the sound of your small name

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the rocking carry all you feel let every worry fold and settle, hushed and still for something soft is waiting just to sing you through

Chorus

Kimberly, the dark leans down to keep you near nothing in this shadow ever brings you fear Close your eyes, the night has you, Kimberly, so still held inside the shade until the stars all spill

Bridge

No lantern needed where you lie the shade itself becomes your lullaby Every fold of wool remembers how to hold keeping you from every kind of cold

Chorus

Kimberly, the dark leans down to keep you near nothing in this shadow ever brings you fear Close your eyes, the night has you, Kimberly, so still held inside the shade until the stars all spill

Outro

The hood still curves above you, soft and low keeping watch the whole night through, however long you grow