Songs for Larry

Verse 1

Chairs stacked up by the wall Balloons caught on the net Somebody's calling your name down the hall Best one this room has met

Pre-chorus

Lights are low, the cake's still lit Everyone's holding their breath a bit Waiting on you to say when

Chorus

Larry, light the candles up Let this whole hall carry your name Another year we'd never swap Larry, blow and start again

Verse 2

Someone's found the old backboard Bouncing echoes off the beams We came for cake but we stayed for more Stayed to watch you burst at the seams

Bridge

However far this year has run However loud the day gets We're glad we get to call you one Of the best this room forgets not

Chorus

Larry, light the candles up Let this whole hall carry your name Another year we'd never swap Larry, blow and start again

Outro

Fold the chairs against the wall We'll do this all again next fall

Verse 1

Green bottles rolling on the tar Warm from the sun, they don't go far You laugh and the whole street sings There's joy in the smallest things

Pre-chorus

The chimney smoke curls up so slow Something good is about to grow We feel it building, here it comes

Chorus

Larry, Larry, light of the yard Nothing about you comes hard We gather round to sing your name Larry, you set this whole day aflame

Verse 2

Every bottle's a joy you gave Rolling easy, never brave You never asked to be the star But here we are, here we are

Chorus

Larry, Larry, light of the yard Nothing about you comes hard We gather round to sing your name Larry, you set this whole day aflame

Bridge

Bricks stand steady, so do you Warm as tar in the afternoon Held by hands that won't let go We love you more than we could show

Chorus

Larry, Larry, light of the yard Nothing about you comes hard We gather round to sing your name Larry, you set this whole day aflame

Outro

Let the bottles roll on home You are never on your own

Verse 1

Drops race down the tinted glass Behind that yellow rail You laugh at how the weather turns But you still made the tale

Pre-chorus

Every year you find your way here Through whatever gets thrown down Something in you keeps on glowing

Chorus

Larry, tonight we raise it up We're pouring out for you However far this journey led Larry, we made it through

Verse 2

Fog builds soft against the pane You trace a crooked line The whole bus rattles on the road But you don't miss a sign

Pre-chorus

Every year you find your way here Through whatever gets thrown down Something in you keeps on glowing

Chorus

Larry, tonight we raise it up We're pouring out for you However far this journey led Larry, we made it through

Bridge

We don't need the sun to shine Not with you around You turn a ride through grey and rain Into the best sound

Chorus

Larry, tonight we raise it up We're pouring out for you However far this journey led Larry, we made it through

Outro

The glass still runs with silver light And you're still here to see it

Verse 1

The fire is folding into grey and going soft and slow It doesn't need you watching now, it knows the way to go Behind the black screen the embers hum a quiet little song So let your busy little thoughts just settle down below

Pre-chorus

Every ember dims a little more and softens as it cools The whole wide room is breathing slow beneath the falling ash And nothing needs your eyes to stay open any longer

Chorus

Larry, the warmth will stay here long after the light is low Carry your dreaming softly, there's nowhere else to go Even the embers rest when the deepest dark comes near And Larry, we'll still be close when the morning starts to grow

Verse 2

The ash falls light as feathers on the coals that used to burn Nothing is lost inside that hush, it only rests in turn Somewhere beneath the grey the glow keeps holding steady still And you can let your eyelids do the same, in their own turn

Chorus

Larry, the warmth will stay here long after the light is low Carry your dreaming softly, there's nowhere else to go Even the embers rest when the deepest dark comes near And Larry, we'll still be close when the morning starts to grow

Bridge

Nothing you're holding has to be held so tightly tonight Let it go soft the way the fire lets go of its light

Chorus

Larry, the warmth will stay here long after the light is low Carry your dreaming softly, there's nowhere else to go Even the embers rest when the deepest dark comes near And Larry, we'll still be close when the morning starts to grow

Outro

The screen holds the last of the glow so gently through the night And you are held that way too, all the way to morning light

Verse 1

Cold drops are sliding slow down the clear glass tonight beyond them the headlights come drifting like soft light but here in this room there is nothing to fear warm under blankets is where you belong, my dear

Pre-chorus

The world outside moves on without a sound while you stay wrapped up safe and warm and sound and sleep is coming closer, gentle, slow and deep

Chorus

Larry, the night is holding you so near every small breath of yours is precious here nothing can touch you, nothing needs to worry rest now sweetly, there is no need to hurry, Larry

Verse 2

The lights outside blur softly through the rain like little stars that wander, calm and plain and you are curled up smaller than the dark your steady breathing is the only spark

Bridge

Let every worry drift away like fog and every hour move slow like a sleepy dog you are held closer than the glass holds rain

Chorus

Larry, the night is holding you so near every small breath of yours is precious here nothing can touch you, nothing needs to worry rest now sweetly, there is no need to hurry, Larry

Outro

The drops have stilled now, quiet on the glass and you drift off gently as the headlights pass

Verse 1

A pale light climbs the wall above the open door tonight it moves so slowly, like it doesn't want to leave and I am watching over you until you feel it, love the quiet kind of safe that lets you finally breathe

Pre-chorus

The house is soft and settled, every sound has gone to rest the light is barely moving now, it's holding at its best so let it be the last thing that you see before you sleep

Chorus

Larry, the whole wide night is folding gently round you now there's nothing out there waiting that could ever make you worry I'll stay until the shadows learn to hush and slow and bow and Larry, you're the softest thing I ever learned to carry

Verse 2

That warm light doesn't hurry, and it never has to try it just leans there on the plaster like it's watching you as well and I think it knows already what I know when you're this close that some small kind of wonder chose to come and here to dwell

Chorus

Larry, the whole wide night is folding gently round you now there's nothing out there waiting that could ever make you worry I'll stay until the shadows learn to hush and slow and bow and Larry, you're the softest thing I ever learned to carry

Bridge

Whatever door you wander through when you are older, further, grown this quiet will still find you, soft as breath and fully known

Chorus

Larry, the whole wide night is folding gently round you now there's nothing out there waiting that could ever make you worry I'll stay until the shadows learn to hush and slow and bow and Larry, you're the softest thing I ever learned to carry

Outro

The light has almost stilled now, resting just above the door and you are already drifting where I'll keep you evermore