Songs for Rowan

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up by the wall damp brick holding up the sky we piled them high for you just to watch the pile go by

Pre-chorus

Something's building in this yard can you feel it start to swell hearts are lifting like the wind

Chorus

Rowan, Rowan, sing it loud clap your hands and keep it going every voice here knows your name love like this keeps overflowing

Verse 2

Paper plates across the grass chasing wild without a care we could chase them all day long just to see you laughing there

Pre-chorus

Something's building in this yard can you feel it start to swell hearts are lifting like the wind

Chorus

Rowan, Rowan, sing it loud clap your hands and keep it going every voice here knows your name love like this keeps overflowing

Bridge

Every year we'll stack them high boxes, plates, whatever comes we'll be shouting out your name long after the party's done

Chorus

Rowan, Rowan, sing it loud clap your hands and keep it going every voice here knows your name love like this keeps overflowing

Outro

Let the plates fly where they may we'll be here to shout your name

Verse 1

Cups lined up along the rail Waiting on the whistle's wail Doors about to slide and part Still you're stalling every cart

Chorus

Rowan, light the candles now Half this town don't know quite how Lucky we all are it's true Every year we get with you

Verse 2

You left your mark on that cold rail Tapped the rhythm, told the tale Strangers laughing at your joke Before the train let out its smoke

Pre-chorus

Another year is rolling in Load the cake, let's all begin Something's building, can you feel

Chorus

Rowan, light the candles now Half this town don't know quite how Lucky we all are it's true Every year we get with you

Bridge

Doors are sliding, here we go Sing it louder, Rowan, so Everyone along the track Knows we're never letting up

Chorus

Rowan, light the candles now Half this town don't know quite how Lucky we all are it's true Every year we get with you

Outro

Leave the paper cups behind You're the best thing left to find

Verse 1

Down by the water, bottles lay still Green glass forgotten among the stones But nothing that's loved could stay lost like that Not while there's still a place you call home

Pre-chorus

We could have let this day slip by Quiet as reeds along the shore But you deserve much more than that

Chorus

Rowan, the candles are burning your name Two syllables lighting the room Nobody else makes an ordinary day Feel like a thing in full bloom

Verse 2

The pond sits brown and doesn't complain It just keeps holding what it's given But you give back a hundredfold That's the difference in how you're living

Pre-chorus

We could have let this day slip by Quiet as reeds along the shore But you deserve much more than that

Chorus

Rowan, the candles are burning your name Two syllables lighting the room Nobody else makes an ordinary day Feel like a thing in full bloom

Bridge

Every year that keeps on going Finds you kinder, finds you growing So let the whole room sing it loud We're glad you're here, we're glad, we're proud

Chorus

Rowan, the candles are burning your name Two syllables lighting the room Nobody else makes an ordinary day Feel like a thing in full bloom

Outro

Let the bottles roll on where they may We know exactly what we found today

Verse 1

Something soft is tapping at the window near your bed little clay pots holding all the rain that's overhead every drop is small and none of them can do you harm you are folded up and held here, safe and warm

Chorus

Rowan, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you nothing in this room tonight has anywhere to go but slow the rain will hum a hush that only you can hear this clear Rowan, you are wanted here, and wanted year to year

Verse 2

You breathe out slow and something in this house grows still the small pots catch the rain that gathers on the sill you are the warmest thing in every corner of this night held so close that nothing here could ever feel unright

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the glass the whole wide sky is coming down but none of it can touch the quiet that you've found so let the dark stay soft and let your breathing slow and grow

Chorus

Rowan, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you nothing in this room tonight has anywhere to go but slow the rain will hum a hush that only you can hear this clear Rowan, you are wanted here, and wanted year to year

Bridge

Let the rain keep counting hours you don't need to keep you have nothing left to hold but sleep

Chorus

Rowan, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you nothing in this room tonight has anywhere to go but slow the rain will hum a hush that only you can hear this clear Rowan, you are wanted here, and wanted year to year

Outro

The small clay pots will hold the rain till morning comes around and you will still be loved as softly, sound for sound

Verse 1

The lamp throws a gold little glow on the wall tonight Soft on the flowers that climb up beside your bed Stripes on the curtains are keeping the dark at bay You are the warmest, most wanted thought in my head

Chorus

Rowan, the night is soft and it's only glowing Close your eyes now, love, let the hours keep flowing Nothing can touch you while this light is showing Rowan, my dear one, safe while you're growing

Verse 2

Every small breath that you take is a peaceful sound Wrapped in the warmth that this quiet room can hold You are the calm at the centre of all I've found Sleep now, my darling, there's nothing you're owed

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the walls hold you gentle and near Nothing tonight has a reason for fear Rest in the hum of the ones who are here

Chorus

Rowan, the night is soft and it's only glowing Close your eyes now, love, let the hours keep flowing Nothing can touch you while this light is showing Rowan, my dear one, safe while you're growing

Bridge

Outside the window the world turns slow and still No storm can find you, no cold, no hurt, no chill You are the softest place that my heart can rest

Chorus

Rowan, the night is soft and it's only glowing Close your eyes now, love, let the hours keep flowing Nothing can touch you while this light is showing Rowan, my dear one, safe while you're growing

Outro

The lamp will keep glowing gold against the wall Sleep on, little Rowan, held safe through it all

Verse 1

A small red glow is resting on the floor beside your bed Nothing in this room would ever want to touch your head Close your eyes now, let the quiet come and settle in Sleep is only softness, love, and nothing to be scared of instead

Pre-chorus

Every little shadow here is gentle, none of them will stay Your breathing's getting slower and the night is clearing space So let the day go quiet now and drift another way

Chorus

Rowan, the whole wide house is holding still for you tonight Nothing needs your eyes open, nothing needs the light There's a warmth that stays around you even when it's snowing Rest here, Rowan, you don't have to keep on going

Verse 2

Tiles hold a little colour from a clock that never sleeps Watching over corners while the whole house softly breathes Nobody is asking you to notice it at all Let your thoughts go quiet as the evening falls

Chorus

Rowan, the whole wide house is holding still for you tonight Nothing needs your eyes open, nothing needs the light There's a warmth that stays around you even when it's snowing Rest here, Rowan, you don't have to keep on going

Bridge

No need to count the hours or to wonder where they went Somebody's right beside you and the night was always meant To carry you as gently as a river carries stones

Chorus

Rowan, the whole wide house is holding still for you tonight Nothing needs your eyes open, nothing needs the light There's a warmth that stays around you even when it's snowing Rest here, Rowan, you don't have to keep on going

Outro

That small red light will keep its quiet watch till morning comes Sleep now, you are held by more than one small warming glow