Songs for Owen

Verse 1

Someone tangled streamers on the hoop Folding tables full of lemonade Nobody remembers who set up We just came because you're going

Chorus

Owen, light the whole room up Pour the lemonade and fill the cup Every table here is toasting you Owen, we're not stopping till you're glowing

Verse 2

Balloons are losing air by the door Someone's kid is dancing on a chair Nobody's watching that tonight Every eye in here is on you

Pre-chorus

Cups are raised and nobody's sitting Even the streamers seem to be listening Something in this room is building

Chorus

Owen, light the whole room up Pour the lemonade and fill the cup Every table here is toasting you Owen, we're not stopping till you're glowing

Bridge

However far the years keep rowing We'll circle back to find you here However fast the candles blowing We'll light them all again, no fear

Chorus

Owen, light the whole room up Pour the lemonade and fill the cup Every table here is toasting you Owen, we're not stopping till you're glowing

Outro

Long after streamers hit the floor We'll still be cheering at your door

Verse 1

Chairs pulled round in a crooked ring Old cans stacked where the light gets thin You walk in and everything shifts This whole dusty room lifts

Chorus

Owen, the candles are glowing Everyone here loves you so Feel how this love just keeps growing Owen, we're glad that you're Owen

Verse 2

We've got no fancy hall tonight Just borrowed chairs and one bare bulb But you make the plainest light feel bright You turn a shed into a hub

Pre-chorus

Count the years however they're counted Some things never dim or fade You're the one this whole day's mounted

Chorus

Owen, the candles are glowing Everyone here loves you so Feel how this love just keeps growing Owen, we're glad that you're Owen

Bridge

However far you end up going However long the road, however slow We'll keep this circle here and open For you, wherever you go

Chorus

Owen, the candles are glowing Everyone here loves you so Feel how this love just keeps growing Owen, we're glad that you're Owen

Outro

Fold the chairs, but keep the ring We'll circle back for you every spring

Verse 1

Gravel crunches under our shoes We pull up chairs, we pick our views Facing the chimney, watching you grin You make the whole yard feel like kin

Chorus

Owen, the band strikes up the tune Owen, you light this whole saloon Everybody here is glowing bright Nobody outshines you tonight

Verse 2

Three chairs turned toward the brick You crack a joke and land it quick We laugh so loud the smoke pit sways You've got that gift, you steal our days

Pre-chorus

Hear the horns start rowing in Feel the beat under your skin Something bigger's about to begin

Chorus

Owen, the band strikes up the tune Owen, you light this whole saloon Everybody here is glowing bright Nobody outshines you tonight

Bridge

Another candle, another year showing Still the same spark, still the same knowing We'd cross any yard just to see you smiling

Chorus

Owen, the band strikes up the tune Owen, you light this whole saloon Everybody here is glowing bright Nobody outshines you tonight

Outro

Gravel still crunching, chairs pulled near We're glad it's you we're gathered here

Verse 1

I watch the water find its way and think of how you hold the room the street outside has turned to grey but you still burn back the gloom

Pre-chorus

I trace the shapes the glass has made and every line comes back to you the rain won't let this feeling fade

Chorus

Owen, you're the warmth I'm going to nothing dims the way you're glowing every road I take leads through straight to you, no matter where I'm going

Verse 2

You laugh and steam up all the air you make the coldest morning kind I don't need the picture clear when you're the one I keep in mind

Chorus

Owen, you're the warmth I'm going to nothing dims the way you're glowing every road I take leads through straight to you, no matter where I'm going

Bridge

Let the whole street wash away you're the one thing left worth knowing I don't need a brighter day just you, still here, and still glowing

Chorus

Owen, you're the warmth I'm going to nothing dims the way you're glowing every road I take leads through straight to you, no matter where I'm going

Outro

The rain runs down but I don't mind you're the light I still keep finding

Verse 1

Rain runs off my coat tonight You take it before I ask Your hands find the collar first I feel the day slowing

Chorus

Owen, you keep the porch light on Owen, you never make me wait long I bring the storm in on my back You take it, you keep me glowing

Verse 2

My boots are heavy by the door Leather dark and stiff with cold You set them somewhere they can dry This is how the love keeps showing

Pre-chorus

I don't say much when I get in You already know the weather I've had So come here before I start knowing

Chorus

Owen, you keep the porch light on Owen, you never make me wait long I bring the storm in on my back You take it, you keep me glowing

Bridge

Some nights I bring you nothing good Just wet cloth and a tired face You hang it up like it's no trouble That's the part I keep on going

Chorus

Owen, you keep the porch light on Owen, you never make me wait long I bring the storm in on my back You take it, you keep me glowing

Outro

My coat still drips onto the floor But I'm not cold here anymore

Verse 1

I hang the pegs out slow Thinking how you stay White cloth catching morning You are here to say

Pre-chorus

Something holds when wind gets rough Something bends but never breaks Like the way you love is steady

Chorus

Owen, you keep me going Even when the sky turns grey Steady as that line still holding Owen, you're the reason I stay

Verse 2

The hemp line dips and rises You do that too somehow Bending but never leaving You're still here right now

Pre-chorus

Something holds when wind gets rough Something bends but never breaks Like the way you love is steady

Chorus

Owen, you keep me going Even when the sky turns grey Steady as that line still holding Owen, you're the reason I stay

Bridge

No grand thing, just this Just your hand and mine Just the wind and knowing You are always kind

Chorus

Owen, you keep me going Even when the sky turns grey Steady as that line still holding Owen, you're the reason I stay

Outro

The pegs still hold the morning And I still hold you the same