Songs for Linda

Verse 1

Rain hit the pitch at noon cups piled up in the net nobody swept them away we were too busy, too wet you laughed until your coat was soaked and somehow that saved the day that's when I knew for certain you make the grey feel okay

Pre-chorus

Every goalpost shook with joy every cup blew round the ground something in this messy day

Chorus

Linda, light up this room happy birthday to you nobody laughs quite like Linda nobody's warmth rings so true

Verse 2

The net was torn and it held anyway full of rubbish, still standing tall you're a bit like that old net holding steady through it all you never needed a clean pitch you turned the mud into a cheer that's the gift you bring this table that's why we're gathered here

Bridge

Blow the candles, not the whistle let the paper cups cheer too every muddy, ordinary moment turns golden once it's you

Chorus

Linda, light up this room happy birthday to you nobody laughs quite like Linda nobody's warmth rings so true

Outro

Someday they'll clear the goalposts but we'll still remember you

Verse 1

Window's fogged up, glass running wet Coins in the tin, all we could get Saved up all year just for this day You're worth far more than any debt

Pre-chorus

Candles waiting, breath held tight Every face here catching light We're bursting now to say it right

Chorus

Linda, Linda, light of the room Nobody else could ever assume The warmth you carry, plain and true Linda, we're glad you bloomed

Verse 2

Rain keeps tapping soft on the pane Voices rising, singing your name We're not fancy, we're not rich But we love you just the same

Chorus

Linda, Linda, light of the room Nobody else could ever assume The warmth you carry, plain and true Linda, we're glad you bloomed

Bridge

Every year you make us feel found Steady, kind, standing your ground We'd empty every tin we own Just to keep you around

Chorus

Linda, Linda, light of the room Nobody else could ever assume The warmth you carry, plain and true Linda, we're glad you bloomed

Outro

Wipe the window, let the light in Happy birthday, Linda, again

Verse 1

You roll on through with petals at your wheel Crushed and bright, but nothing here to heal You never slow for what gets left behind That's the kind of joy we love to find

Chorus

Linda, Linda, light up the yard Every year you shine this hard Sing it loud so Linda hears Happy birthday, our Belinda, cheers

Verse 2

The fence is rusted, wire bent and old But you ride past it, warm against the cold You leave colour scattered where you've been Nobody forgets the joy they've seen

Pre-chorus

Another candle, another lap around Feel that rhythm build up from the ground Get ready now, here comes the sound

Chorus

Linda, Linda, light up the yard Every year you shine this hard Sing it loud so Linda hears Happy birthday, our Belinda, cheers

Bridge

Some folks tiptoe, scared to leave a trace You ride on through with joy upon your face We remember her in every petal crushed Your kind of love was never meant to hush

Chorus

Linda, Linda, light up the yard Every year you shine this hard Sing it loud so Linda hears Happy birthday, our Belinda, cheers

Outro

Ride on past that rusty wire fence Linda, you make every petal make sense

Verse 1

Footsteps echo off the brick streetlights flicker, amber, quick I walk slower near your door something in that sound sticks

Chorus

Linda, you're the steady part the one thing I don't have to guard calling out your name feels tender Linda, you're my whole agenda

Verse 2

Yellow haze along the wall I hear your voice above it all every echo finds your name it's you I'm walking toward

Pre-chorus

Every street looks just the same till I say your name and something in me starts to climb

Chorus

Linda, you're the steady part the one thing I don't have to guard calling out your name feels tender Linda, you're my whole agenda

Bridge

No grand light, no big display just footsteps finding you again quiet is the way we stay and quiet never let me down

Chorus

Linda, you're the steady part the one thing I don't have to guard calling out your name feels tender Linda, you're my whole agenda

Outro

Footsteps echo off the brick I'm still walking, and it's you

Verse 1

You set two mugs on the step Steam rising while the cold crept in I watch a moth tap at the light And still I'd rather be right here

Pre-chorus

There's nothing loud about this feeling No grand words that I've been keeping Just this pull I can't explain

Chorus

Linda, you're the warmth I lean toward Steady as a hand I can afford Something soft, something tender No one else could be my Linda

Verse 2

The porch light hums and flickers once You laugh and lean against my arm Coffee going cold between us Doesn't matter, you're the one

Pre-chorus

There's nothing loud about this feeling No grand words that I've been keeping Just this pull I can't explain

Chorus

Linda, you're the warmth I lean toward Steady as a hand I can afford Something soft, something tender No one else could be my Linda

Bridge

Some nights it's just the two of us No plans, no need to make a fuss This is enough, this is the whole thing You, beside me, everything

Chorus

Linda, you're the warmth I lean toward Steady as a hand I can afford Something soft, something tender No one else could be my Linda

Outro

The mugs are empty, the moth's gone still I'm still here loving you, and I will

Verse 1

Buttons click against the table Traffic hums out past the door You sort them slow like they matter I have watched you do this before

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is loud or grand Just your hands and this small light But I feel it like a landing

Chorus

Linda, you're the calm in the room Every ordinary hour turns tender Nothing about us needs to bloom I just want you here, Linda

Verse 2

The window's grey, the kettle's on You hum a tune you half remember I forget what I was worried about Watching your hands sort through December

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is loud or grand Just your hands and this small light But I feel it like a landing

Chorus

Linda, you're the calm in the room Every ordinary hour turns tender Nothing about us needs to bloom I just want you here, Linda

Bridge

No one's writing this down No one's watching but me Just the click of small plastic And the whole world easing

Chorus

Linda, you're the calm in the room Every ordinary hour turns tender Nothing about us needs to bloom I just want you here, Linda

Outro

The buttons still click on the table I'm still glad I stayed

Verse 1

There's a light that turns so slowly out where the dark waves roll Round and round it goes above the water, warm and low It was built to keep the ships from ever losing hold And you are held that closely, more than you could ever know

Chorus

Linda, Linda, close your eyes now, let the night turn round Somewhere out beyond the harbour, that same beam sweeps the sound Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing gets you, Linda You're the safest thing this whole wide sleeping world has found

Verse 2

The brass is old and heavy, but it never once grows tired Turning through the salt and quiet long after lamps retire Somewhere far off a boat is steering only by that fire And you can rest inside the warmth that you and I require

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let your breathing slow to match the rolling tide Every wave that reaches shore was somewhere far and wide There's nothing in the whole night sky you need to run and hide

Chorus

Linda, Linda, close your eyes now, let the night turn round Somewhere out beyond the harbour, that same beam sweeps the sound Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing gets you, Linda You're the safest thing this whole wide sleeping world has found

Bridge

Sleep can be an ocean, wide and gentle, dark and deep And you're the one small light that I will always want to keep

Chorus

Linda, Linda, close your eyes now, let the night turn round Somewhere out beyond the harbour, that same beam sweeps the sound Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing gets you, Linda You're the safest thing this whole wide sleeping world has found

Outro

The beam still turns out there tonight, slow gold across the waves And I'll stay turning too, right here, however long it takes

Verse 1

Dust is spinning slow in the amber evening light Turning circles soft and easy on the wall tonight The flowers on the paper seem to breathe and sway Watching over you as the day drifts away

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the quiet pull you in Every worry of the day grows thin There's nothing waiting but the soft and gentle dark

Chorus

Linda, Linda, sleep is calling soft and slow Wrapped in warmth from your head down to your toe Nothing in this room can ever cause you harm Held all night inside a golden, quiet arm

Verse 2

The light will fade so gently till the room turns blue Still that warmth stays curled up close beside you Somewhere far the stars are waking one by one Standing watch till morning brings the sun

Chorus

Linda, Linda, sleep is calling soft and slow Wrapped in warmth from your head down to your toe Nothing in this room can ever cause you harm Held all night inside a golden, quiet arm

Bridge

You are loved more than the whole wide house can hold Cradled in a hush that never turns cold Rest now, little one, and let the night be kind

Chorus

Linda, Linda, sleep is calling soft and slow Wrapped in warmth from your head down to your toe Nothing in this room can ever cause you harm Held all night inside a golden, quiet arm

Outro

The dust still turns slow in a circle of amber light Sleep now, Linda, safe and warm through the night

Verse 1

Somewhere a radio hums low between the songs Static breathing soft while the house lets go its light Floorboards settle down, forgetting all their wrongs You are curled up warm and sinking into night

Pre-chorus

Every hiss and hush is rocking you to sleep Nothing in this room will ever let you fall Close your eyes now, love, and let the quiet keep

Chorus

Linda, the whole dark room is holding you tonight Hush now, Belinda, nothing here will do you harm Sleep finds you gentle in the fading amber light Linda, you are folded soft in someone's arm

Verse 2

Jazz notes drift like smoke through the cooling air Slipping past the static, slow and warm and low You breathe in time with songs you cannot hear Rocking chair keeps turning where the lamplight glows

Chorus

Linda, the whole dark room is holding you tonight Hush now, Belinda, nothing here will do you harm Sleep finds you gentle in the fading amber light Linda, you are folded soft in someone's arm

Bridge

Rest now, let the static hold its quiet hymn Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to end You are safe inside this small and gentle dim

Chorus

Linda, the whole dark room is holding you tonight Hush now, Belinda, nothing here will do you harm Sleep finds you gentle in the fading amber light Linda, you are folded soft in someone's arm

Outro

The radio hums itself to nothing, soft and slow You are already dreaming where the warm light used to glow