Birthday Songs for Raymond

• Boxes By the Door

  Brass band · Brass · Marching · Bold

  A brass band birthday stomp that turns a stack of cake boxes and a bowl of grapes into a room full of love for Raymond, sung loud by everyone who showed up.

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  Verse 1

  Somebody counted all the boxes twice Grapes on the board look cool as ice But none of it means much at all Until we watch you walk through that hall

  Pre-chorus

  Trumpets are ready, drums on the rise Everyone's grinning, hiding their sighs So blow out the candle before it dies

  Chorus

  Raymond, the room is yours tonight Cake boxes stacked up to the light Raymond, we raise our cups and shout This is the day we celebrate

  Verse 2

  You always laugh the loudest here Pull up a chair, grab your beer The grapes get passed from hand to hand But it's your day, so take a stand

  Chorus

  Raymond, the room is yours tonight Cake boxes stacked up to the light Raymond, we raise our cups and shout This is the day we celebrate

  Bridge

  Every year we stack the boxes higher Every year you light us up like fire Whatever comes, however far you roam This room is always where you're home

  Chorus

  Raymond, the room is yours tonight Cake boxes stacked up to the light Raymond, we raise our cups and shout This is the day we celebrate

  Outro

  The boxes empty, the grapes all gone But Raymond, this feeling carries on

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• Splash of the Year

  Barbershop · Harmony · Close

  A warm barbershop birthday round built from poolside noise and sandals by the ladder, sung to celebrate the person who turns every ordinary swim into an occasion.

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  Verse 1

  Sandals kicked off in a heap Tiles all bright with turquoise light You dive in while the rest of us leap Chasing you feels just right

  Pre-chorus

  Candles won't stand a chance out here Someone's bringing cake to the ladder Hold that breath, the countdown's near

  Chorus

  Raymond, the water can't stay still Every splash is calling your name We're cheering loud, we mean it, we will Raymond, you make the day feel the same

  Verse 2

  Rubber shoes lined up in rows Steam still rising off the tiles You call out and everyone knows That's the day fixed by your smiles

  Bridge

  One more year, wetter and wiser Cake balanced on the metal rail We're all a little bit the wiser Knowing you never seem to fail

  Chorus

  Raymond, the water can't stay still Every splash is calling your name We're cheering loud, we mean it, we will Raymond, you make the day feel the same

  Outro

  Sandals drying by the ladder still Here's to you, however old you are now

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• Rain on the Awning

  Swing big band · Swing · Big band · Brassy

  A swinging, horn-driven birthday number built from a market scene in the rain, for a room full of people who are glad Raymond is exactly who he is.

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  Verse 1

  Rain comes down on the awning crates of plums stacked up so high market's soaked but nobody's leaving not with you standing nearby

  Pre-chorus

  Colours brighter when you're near something lifts when you walk in so let the horns come in loud

  Chorus

  Raymond, the whole room's calling happy to have you here thirty crates of plums couldn't hold half the joy you bring us this year

  Verse 2

  Yellow canvas dripping slow vendors shouting through the storm but you just laugh and grab a plum and somehow the day feels warm

  Pre-chorus

  Colours brighter when you're near something lifts when you walk in so let the horns come in loud

  Chorus

  Raymond, the whole room's calling happy to have you here thirty crates of plums couldn't hold half the joy you bring us this year

  Bridge

  Wherever you go the weather clears people gather, glasses raised here's to another year with you here's to a name we've always praised

  Chorus

  Raymond, the whole room's calling happy to have you here thirty crates of plums couldn't hold half the joy you bring us this year

  Outro

  Let it rain on every awning we'll be dancing right through, Raymond

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