Songs for Myles

Verse 1

Five tall sunflowers lean your way Grown from the seeds you gave away Green can standing on the bench They open wider every day

Pre-chorus

Something in the way you shine Pulls the whole room out of line We're all leaning in tonight

Chorus

Myles, you light up all the miles Every room breaks into smiles Something in you always grows Myles, we're stacking up the piles

Verse 2

You water everything you touch Never once asking for much Somehow you're the reason This garden turned to such

Bridge

Spin the dials, count the years Turn the disco, dry the tears You're the warmth that never leaves Even through the harder trials

Chorus

Myles, you light up all the miles Every room breaks into smiles Something in you always grows Myles, we're stacking up the piles

Outro

Leave the green can on the bench Watch how far your light reaches

Verse 1

You set out chairs before we ask folding out the good ones fast you coil the hose and clear the floor just to make room for one thing more

Pre-chorus

The candles catch, the light gets low everybody starts to know tonight is yours, so here we go

Chorus

Myles, we're singing loud for you raise a glass to all you do from the patio to the sky happy birthday, Myles, don't be shy

Verse 2

You always save the middle chair turn round and see who else is there the bricks still warm beneath our feet you make the plainest evening sweet

Pre-chorus

The candles catch, the light gets low everybody starts to know tonight is yours, so here we go

Chorus

Myles, we're singing loud for you raise a glass to all you do from the patio to the sky happy birthday, Myles, don't be shy

Bridge

However far these chairs have been however many years between you bring us back to sit and stay and that's the gift we give today

Chorus

Myles, we're singing loud for you raise a glass to all you do from the patio to the sky happy birthday, Myles, don't be shy

Outro

Fold the chairs and coil the hose another year of you unfolds

Verse 1

Chalk lines fading in the rain Corner flag leaning in the mud You still turned up every time Running in like nothing could

Pre-chorus

We saw you coming from the gate Muddy boots and grin held wide Something in us starts to wait

Chorus

Myles, you run for miles and miles Every party starts with you Count the candles, count the smiles Myles, here's to another year through

Verse 2

You never cared about the score Just the shout and just the game Pulled us up when we were sore Made the losing feel the same

Pre-chorus

We saw you coming from the gate Muddy boots and grin held wide Something in us starts to wait

Chorus

Myles, you run for miles and miles Every party starts with you Count the candles, count the smiles Myles, here's to another year through

Bridge

Here's to the mud and here's to the mess Here's to the goals that never went in Here's to you, nothing more, nothing less Glad that this year gets to begin

Chorus

Myles, you run for miles and miles Every party starts with you Count the candles, count the smiles Myles, here's to another year through

Outro

The flag still leans out in the mud We're glad you're ours, we're glad you're loved

Verse 1

The brass radiator clicks its slow and sleepy song tonight Under the dark wood banister where shadows softly creep Down the narrow corridor the house breathes out its light And you are the reason this whole home falls into sleep

Chorus

Myles, the night is folding gently over you Every little sound out there is turning into miles Nothing in the dark can reach the place where you lie sleeping Close your eyes now, Myles, and drift beyond the tiles

Verse 2

Somewhere past the door the pipes are ticking soft and low Warming up the floor before your small feet ever wake Nobody could love a sleeping thing the way I love you so And every creak tonight is just the old house keeping watch

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the warmth come rising through the floor Let the quiet of the hallway carry you away Close your eyes, there's nothing waiting but the door

Chorus

Myles, the night is folding gently over you Every little sound out there is turning into miles Nothing in the dark can reach the place where you lie sleeping Close your eyes now, Myles, and drift beyond the tiles

Bridge

Somewhere down the hall a small light hums and glows You are held so closely nothing in this house could touch you

Chorus

Myles, the night is folding gently over you Every little sound out there is turning into miles Nothing in the dark can reach the place where you lie sleeping Close your eyes now, Myles, and drift beyond the tiles

Outro

The radiator hums its last and settles into rest And you are held here safely, sleeping softest, sleeping best

Verse 1

Far off lights are sweeping slowly across the quiet ceiling the window gives a little rattle, such a peaceful feeling nothing out there needs your notice, nothing calls or dials you are held here safe and steady through all the drifting miles

Pre-chorus

Let the small sounds rock you gently, let your eyes grow heavy hush now, there is nowhere waiting, nowhere but this settee close against the dark and moving, sleep is drawing near you

Chorus

Myles, my love, the night is turning soft around you now every mile that passes by is carried by somehow you don't need to keep the hours, you don't need to try rest here, Myles, while the whole wide dark goes drifting quietly by

Verse 2

Little tiles of light go sliding gently over where you're lying warm within this small world moving, nothing loud or trying you can let your fingers loosen, let your breathing settle safe as anything that's ever rocked so soft as this old kettle

Pre-chorus

Let the small sounds rock you gently, let your eyes grow heavy hush now, there is nowhere waiting, nowhere but this settee close against the dark and moving, sleep is drawing near you

Chorus

Myles, my love, the night is turning soft around you now every mile that passes by is carried by somehow you don't need to keep the hours, you don't need to try rest here, Myles, while the whole wide dark goes drifting quietly by

Bridge

Whatever trials the day may bring will wait outside this door you are wanted, you are certain, you were loved before

Chorus

Myles, my love, the night is turning soft around you now every mile that passes by is carried by somehow you don't need to keep the hours, you don't need to try rest here, Myles, while the whole wide dark goes drifting quietly by

Outro

The lights slide slower now and softer over that same ceiling sleep has found you, Myles, and carries you, so easy, so willing

Verse 1

Grey wool crosses over your old blue denim quilt soft against the quiet, no reason left for guilt rain is tapping gently on the windowpane tonight tucked in close beside you, everything feels right

Pre-chorus

The thread is warm and holds you closer than a hand softer than the hush that settles on the land and sleep is waiting just beyond where you now stand

Chorus

Myles, the night has folded soft around your bed rain keeps time so gently on the roof up overhead Myles, you're held here safer than the deepest miles nothing in this whole wide dark can touch your smiles

Verse 2

Every stitch of wool was sewn with someone thinking of you denim faded kind the way old comfort always do the window holds the rain like it is keeping watch as well and in this room there's nothing that could ever break the spell

Pre-chorus

The thread is warm and holds you closer than a hand softer than the hush that settles on the land and sleep is waiting just beyond where you now stand

Chorus

Myles, the night has folded soft around your bed rain keeps time so gently on the roof up overhead Myles, you're held here safer than the deepest miles nothing in this whole wide dark can touch your smiles

Bridge

Let the rain keep tapping soft until the morning comes rest is closer now than any counted sum you are woven into something warm and true

Chorus

Myles, the night has folded soft around your bed rain keeps time so gently on the roof up overhead Myles, you're held here safer than the deepest miles nothing in this whole wide dark can touch your smiles

Outro

The wool stays warm across the denim while you dream so deep rain will hum you gently all the way to sleep