Songs for Marvin

Verse 1

Yellow cups along the fence You lined them up like confidence Bikes are parked but you're not resting Already stealing the whole scene

Chorus

Marvin, light the whole street up Nobody parties like you, Marvin Every year you're more charming Give this crowd a reason to erupt

Verse 2

Wire racks catching evening gold You never do what you're told Some folks fade but you keep growing Bolder now than you were of old

Pre-chorus

Feel that funky beat build up Hands are reaching for the cup Something good is coming, Marvin

Chorus

Marvin, light the whole street up Nobody parties like you, Marvin Every year you're more charming Give this crowd a reason to erupt

Bridge

Raise the cup and hold it high Sing it loud, don't ask us why We just want the world to know it Marvin, you're the reason we show up

Chorus

Marvin, light the whole street up Nobody parties like you, Marvin Every year you're more charming Give this crowd a reason to erupt

Outro

Cups still swinging on that fence Happy birthday, no pretence

Verse 1

Wrapper stuck beneath the door proof that you came back for more kitchen light still on for you dancing while the rice pot stew

Pre-chorus

Something sweet is always near you every corner wants to cheer you lift the roof, we're getting ready

Chorus

Marvin, Marvin, light the room every heartbeat says it's true clocks can't hold you, you're too charming cut the cake before it's starving

Verse 2

Floor still shining where you stood silver paper, always good every crumb a little cheer proof that joy has landed here

Pre-chorus

Something sweet is always near you every corner wants to cheer you lift the roof, we're getting ready

Chorus

Marvin, Marvin, light the room every heartbeat says it's true clocks can't hold you, you're too charming cut the cake before it's starving

Bridge

Say it loud so the whole street hears we've been saving up these cheers one more year of you is golden one more reason to be holden

Chorus

Marvin, Marvin, light the room every heartbeat says it's true clocks can't hold you, you're too charming cut the cake before it's starving

Outro

Sweep the wrapper off the floor we'll leave the fridge door on for more

Verse 1

Napkins fly across the back seat Chasing down the empty glovebox We are laughing, we can't keep our feet still Racing off to find you, Marvin's box

Chorus

Marvin, Marvin, raise the roof up Two candles short of charming You're the reason we're all here tonight Never met a soul so disarming

Verse 2

You walk in and the whole room turns Something in you always warming Every table leans a little closer Nobody minds if the night keeps forming

Pre-chorus

Pour it out and pass it round Somebody's calling out for Marvin Here it comes, the loudest sound

Chorus

Marvin, Marvin, raise the roof up Two candles short of charming You're the reason we're all here tonight Never met a soul so disarming

Bridge

Not the cake, not the candlelight It's you we came here for However far we've had to travel You're worth the opening of the door

Chorus

Marvin, Marvin, raise the roof up Two candles short of charming You're the reason we're all here tonight Never met a soul so disarming

Outro

Napkins settle, glovebox closes We'll keep tonight right where it landed

Verse 1

Somewhere a wooden runner creaks its way across the floor carrying you softer than a wave along the shore blue carpet holding every sleepy sound you make and nothing in this quiet room could ever keep you awake

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the rocking take you slow feel the warmth of where you rest and where you go down into the dark where all the gentle dreaming grows

Chorus

Marvin, hush now, let the night come carving soft and low nothing in this house was ever built to harm you, Marvin, no you're the charming little heartbeat that this whole room's built around safe as any garden ever growing underground

Verse 2

Every little creak is just the house learning how to sing rocking back and forth on such a tender, worn old spring you are held by hands that never once will let you fall warm beneath the shadows climbing slowly up the wall

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the rocking take you slow feel the warmth of where you rest and where you go down into the dark where all the gentle dreaming grows

Chorus

Marvin, hush now, let the night come carving soft and low nothing in this house was ever built to harm you, Marvin, no you're the charming little heartbeat that this whole room's built around safe as any garden ever growing underground

Bridge

Sleep will come like water finding somewhere calm to pool rest here where the night is always gentle, always cool

Chorus

Marvin, hush now, let the night come carving soft and low nothing in this house was ever built to harm you, Marvin, no you're the charming little heartbeat that this whole room's built around safe as any garden ever growing underground

Outro

Somewhere that same old runner slows to just a whisper now resting where the blue carpet holds you soft and lets you go

Verse 1

The dashboard glows so softly onto two small buckled straps holding you so gently through the dark and quiet gaps nothing in this whole wide night can ever come to harm you while the small light hums and hushes, tucked in safe at last

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the road is humming low and slow tonight every mile is wrapped in warmth, every star is holding tight and the quiet keeps on calling you to drift and drift so light

Chorus

Marvin, the whole night curls around you soft and warm nothing out there in the dark can ever bring you harm you are the sweetest reason every light stays low and calm Marvin, you are held here safer than a seed in garden loam

Verse 2

The little straps are holding you the way that we are holding you two small buckles glowing gold like something old and true you don't need to know the distance, only that you're carried through sleep can come now, easy, like the hush the evening's charming

Chorus

Marvin, the whole night curls around you soft and warm nothing out there in the dark can ever bring you harm you are the sweetest reason every light stays low and calm Marvin, you are held here safer than a seed in garden loam

Bridge

Rest now, let the hum below you carry all you carry nothing you must hold tonight, no reason to feel wary you are loved beyond the reach of any dark or starving cold

Chorus

Marvin, the whole night curls around you soft and warm nothing out there in the dark can ever bring you harm you are the sweetest reason every light stays low and calm Marvin, you are held here safer than a seed in garden loam

Outro

Sleep now, small light, the buckles glow to say you're near close your eyes, the whole wide night has softened, love, right here

Verse 1

Grey woollen threads lie still across a pair of knees tonight Nothing is asking you to move or hurry anymore Corduroy holds the shape of all this quiet like a promise You are the reason these tired hands stay soft and sure

Pre-chorus

Somewhere a clock has slowed its hands to match your breathing Every small sound in the house is turning down to rest Close your eyes now, let the last of daylight go on leaning

Chorus

Marvin, the dark is only warmth with all the lights turned low Sleep is a boat that only knows the way to carry you Nobody rocks it half as gently as this arm will, Marvin There is nowhere safer in the whole wide night than you

Verse 2

Wool doesn't wander, it just settles where it's laid to stay Knees don't tire of holding weight they've chosen as their own Somewhere beneath this stillness is a whole heart simply saying You were worth the waiting, worth the softness, worth the home

Pre-chorus

Somewhere a clock has slowed its hands to match your breathing Every small sound in the house is turning down to rest Close your eyes now, let the last of daylight go on leaning

Chorus

Marvin, the dark is only warmth with all the lights turned low Sleep is a boat that only knows the way to carry you Nobody rocks it half as gently as this arm will, Marvin There is nowhere safer in the whole wide night than you

Bridge

Hush now, let the little threads of worry come undone Nothing in this room would ever dream of doing you harm

Chorus

Marvin, the dark is only warmth with all the lights turned low Sleep is a boat that only knows the way to carry you Nobody rocks it half as gently as this arm will, Marvin There is nowhere safer in the whole wide night than you

Outro

Grey wool goes still again across these knees grown warm and slow Sleep now, small one, held exactly where you're meant to go