Songs for Randy

Verse 1

Three wet boots by the chair Your coat still dripping there You blew in loud from the rain Nobody else could compare

Chorus

Randy, the room lights up when you're in it Every candle we're lighting is for you You make the whole night feel handy Randy, we're glad you came, we mean it

Verse 2

You kick your boots to the floor Bring in the cold from the door We saved you the seat by the fire Nobody fills it like you do

Pre-chorus

So pour the brandy up high Let every candle catch light We're counting down to the sound of

Chorus

Randy, the room lights up when you're in it Every candle we're lighting is for you You make the whole night feel handy Randy, we're glad you came, we mean it

Bridge

Hang your coat on the chair Stay a while, we don't care We'll toast till the candles are gone You're the reason we're all still here

Chorus

Randy, the room lights up when you're in it Every candle we're lighting is for you You make the whole night feel handy Randy, we're glad you came, we mean it

Outro

Boots by the door stay wet We won't forget this yet

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up by the rack waiting there for you to come you turn corners into gold you make ordinary into fun

Chorus

Randy, blow the trumpets loud bring the candles, bring the band every face turns round for you Randy, this is your whole stand

Verse 2

Somebody hid the cake in there behind the boxes, out of sight but nothing hides the way you shine you turn the dullest room to light

Pre-chorus

Hear the drums begin to roll hear the crowd all lean your way something's building, can't hold still

Chorus

Randy, blow the trumpets loud bring the candles, bring the band every face turns round for you Randy, this is your whole stand

Bridge

However old the year has made you you're still the one who lights the room we'd stack the boxes to the sky just to watch you laugh at noon

Chorus

Randy, blow the trumpets loud bring the candles, bring the band every face turns round for you Randy, this is your whole stand

Outro

Long after boxes come back down you're still the one we're cheering for

Verse 1

Glass sweats cold upon the table Three yellow tickets waiting near Something good is coming this way And you're the reason we're all here

Pre-chorus

Every year that you keep going We keep showing up for you So let the band get this thing started

Chorus

Randy, Randy, pour the brandy Tonight the whole room's calling your name We're raising glasses, we're getting handy Randy, nothing about you feels the same

Verse 2

Somebody saved the good seats for you Right up front where the lights hit gold You make the ordinary shine brighter That's a trick that never gets old

Pre-chorus

Every year that you keep going We keep showing up for you So let the band get this thing started

Chorus

Randy, Randy, pour the brandy Tonight the whole room's calling your name We're raising glasses, we're getting handy Randy, nothing about you feels the same

Bridge

Here's to the noise and the years behind you Here's to whatever's coming next You've always known how to fill a room up Not one of us here would ever forget

Chorus

Randy, Randy, pour the brandy Tonight the whole room's calling your name We're raising glasses, we're getting handy Randy, nothing about you feels the same

Outro

The glass is empty, the tickets are gone But we're glad we spent tonight with you

Verse 1

The curtains drag across the floor Dust rising slow, then nothing more You close the noise out, just like that And the whole room learns to breathe flat

Pre-chorus

I stop rushing when you're near Every edge in me goes clear Something in you pulls me here

Chorus

Randy, you slow the room right down Turn the light to amber brown I don't need the world to spin Just you, and the hush you're in

Verse 2

You move like velvet, heavy and slow Nothing about you needs to show You don't perform this, you just stay And that's why I don't look away

Chorus

Randy, you slow the room right down Turn the light to amber brown I don't need the world to spin Just you, and the hush you're in

Bridge

Let the curtain fall all the way shut Let the whole loud world be cut I've got what I need in this quiet space Just your steady, unhurried grace

Chorus

Randy, you slow the room right down Turn the light to amber brown I don't need the world to spin Just you, and the hush you're in

Outro

Dust still hangs where the light comes through I'd stay in this stillness with you

Verse 1

Two napkins folded by the salt still waiting there for you and me we let the whole meal stall just talking till we couldn't see

Pre-chorus

Nothing on that table moved but something in my chest gave way I found what I could not have proved

Chorus

Randy, you're the calm I chose not fireworks, just steady ground something honest, something close the best thing I have ever found

Verse 2

You reached and never touched your fork your eyes stayed fixed on me instead the whole loud room went quiet, dark just us and everything unsaid

Chorus

Randy, you're the calm I chose not fireworks, just steady ground something honest, something close the best thing I have ever found

Bridge

I don't need candy or the grand design just you across the table, mine no rush, no reason to pretend this is the kind of love that stays

Chorus

Randy, you're the calm I chose not fireworks, just steady ground something honest, something close the best thing I have ever found

Outro

Those napkins never did get used we had each other, nothing to prove

Verse 1

The grass leans low by the iron gate It bends but never breaks its stay Same way I lean when you walk near I felt it first and still I wait

Pre-chorus

I never needed noise or show Just steady ground beneath my feet Now something in me starts to move

Chorus

Randy, you're the calm I chose The kind of love that quietly grows Not fast, not loud, but built to stay Randy, that's the way it goes

Verse 2

The gate has rusted where it swings Still holds the field the way it should You've held me steadier than that Through every kind of weathering

Bridge

I don't need seasons to explain Why I keep choosing you again Some things just settle into place Like grass that's learned to bend, not break

Chorus

Randy, you're the calm I chose The kind of love that quietly grows Not fast, not loud, but built to stay Randy, that's the way it goes

Outro

The grass still bends by that old gate And I still lean the same, still wait