Songs for Wilbur

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up to the roof Every one a brand new start You never once looked back You just went and played your part

Pre-chorus

Engine humming, morning light You keep chasing something true So let the whole room say it right

Chorus

Happy birthday, Wilbur, shine today Nothing ever slows your stir We are singing loud your way Happy birthday to you, Wilbur

Verse 2

Life keeps packing up and moving on You just smile and grab the wheel Every mile you make it home You make the whole thing feel real

Chorus

Happy birthday, Wilbur, shine today Nothing ever slows your stir We are singing loud your way Happy birthday to you, Wilbur

Bridge

Another year, another door You walk through it, standing tall We are cheering from the floor Wilbur, you outshine us all

Chorus

Happy birthday, Wilbur, shine today Nothing ever slows your stir We are singing loud your way Happy birthday to you, Wilbur

Outro

Load it up and drive on through Every road still leads to you

Verse 1

Fold the chairs, push back the wall Peeling paint has seen it all Tonight the room is only yours Watch it light up when you call

Pre-chorus

Somebody's cueing up the beat Every hand is on its feet We're all waiting on the drop

Chorus

Wilbur, get the glitter ball turning Nobody's candle burns like your burning Say the word and we're all yours This whole floor is only learning

Verse 2

Yellow wall behind your back Turns to gold the way you dance Every year gets brighter still Give this room another chance

Chorus

Wilbur, get the glitter ball turning Nobody's candle burns like your burning Say the word and we're all yours This whole floor is only learning

Bridge

Hands up, count it down again Nobody leaves the same as they came in

Chorus

Wilbur, get the glitter ball turning Nobody's candle burns like your burning Say the word and we're all yours This whole floor is only learning

Outro

Fold the chairs when the song is done We'll line them up again next year

Verse 1

Shears laid down on the old soil bag Waiting there for another year You left them there without a brag But we all know what you steer

Pre-chorus

Something in you keeps things growing Even when you don't say much Tonight the whole room's glowing

Chorus

Wilbur, raise your glass up high Nobody else could stir this crowd You're the reason we don't say goodbye Wilbur, sing it good and loud

Verse 2

Dust on the handles, work well done Another year you've dug and built You never boast of what you've won But look at all the love you've spilt

Chorus

Wilbur, raise your glass up high Nobody else could stir this crowd You're the reason we don't say goodbye Wilbur, sing it good and loud

Bridge

Here's to the hands that never rest Here's to the heart beneath the dirt You give us always your very best And never once has it felt like hurt

Chorus

Wilbur, raise your glass up high Nobody else could stir this crowd You're the reason we don't say goodbye Wilbur, sing it good and loud

Outro

The shears will wait another year So will we, right here for you

Verse 1

Coins rattle down the cold plastic tray spent on nothing, gone in a blur every one of them lost by morning but you're not spare change, Wilbur

Pre-chorus

Everyone else just passes through counted quick and let go but I keep turning you over

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the coin I keep tucked away, not the one I spend warm from my hand, never cold the start of me and the end

Verse 2

Every booth I ever pulled up to took its due and waved me on but you stayed heavy in my pocket long after the toll was gone

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the coin I keep tucked away, not the one I spend warm from my hand, never cold the start of me and the end

Bridge

I could lose every coin I own and still come home to you not currency, not something owed just the one thing I hold true

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the coin I keep tucked away, not the one I spend warm from my hand, never cold the start of me and the end

Outro

Let the whole world rattle past I'm keeping this one, at last

Verse 1

I wrapped the crusts in paper twice Just to keep them warm for you Some folks call that a little thing Wilbur, to me it's paradise

Pre-chorus

It's never the big and shining part It's folded corners, careful hands It's this small love that starts

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the one I choose Every plain old thing I do I'd fold the world if it helped you Wilbur, there's no one like you

Verse 2

You never asked for silk or gold Just bread wrapped tight against the cold I give you what my hands can hold This is the only way I'm told

Pre-chorus

It's never the big and shining part It's folded corners, careful hands It's this small love that starts

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the one I choose Every plain old thing I do I'd fold the world if it helped you Wilbur, there's no one like you

Bridge

No speech, no grand parade Just this, quietly made For you and only you

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the one I choose Every plain old thing I do I'd fold the world if it helped you Wilbur, there's no one like you

Outro

Still wrapping something small for you Still meaning every fold I do

Verse 1

I stood where the old window shut Paper edges curling up But I felt you close beside me still Waiting there against my will

Pre-chorus

Doors can close and trains can leave Still there's one thing I believe My heart keeps calling out for

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the steady in my blur Every road I've walked led back to her No, to you, my constant, my one true Wilbur, I was always meant for you

Verse 2

Nothing moves behind that glass Yet you make the stillness pass You turn a wait into a rest You make my quiet feel like blessed

Bridge

Time may slip and schedules fade But you're the promise I have made No paper fluttering, no closed door Can hold back what I'm certain for

Chorus

Wilbur, you're the steady in my blur Every road I've walked led back to her No, to you, my constant, my one true Wilbur, I was always meant for you

Outro

The window's shut but I don't mind Wilbur, you were worth the time

Verse 1

A little flame is trembling soft inside a jar of glass tonight It holds so still and warm against the cold that waits outside You are that steady light I hold so close and call so bright Nothing in this whole wide dark can ever make you hide

Pre-chorus

The wind can knock and wander but it cannot reach this glow Your breathing slows the whole wide room to something soft and low So let the heavy hours come, I will not let you go

Chorus

Wilbur, hush now, let the quiet stir Nothing in the dark can dim you, only make you blur Wilbur, you're the warmth I always choose to keep for Close your eyes, my steady light, my little flame, my sir

Verse 2

The glass grows warm around the flame but never lets it fall You are held the same, so safely, wrapped in this soft wall Every shadow in the corner is too shy to ever call You are worth far more than all the quiet dark and all

Chorus

Wilbur, hush now, let the quiet stir Nothing in the dark can dim you, only make you blur Wilbur, you're the warmth I always choose to keep for Close your eyes, my steady light, my little flame, my sir

Bridge

Sleep can come and wrap around you gentle as it should Nothing that you carry now will ever leave for good

Chorus

Wilbur, hush now, let the quiet stir Nothing in the dark can dim you, only make you blur Wilbur, you're the warmth I always choose to keep for Close your eyes, my steady light, my little flame, my sir

Outro

The little flame still glows inside its jar of thick warm glass And you will still be held this way when every dark has passed

Verse 1

The yellow light is leaning soft across your windowsill tonight It stretches out so slow and gold, it moves without a sound And every little shadow that goes drifting through the glow Is just the world outside you, turning gently round

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the lamp will keep its watch until the morning Nothing out there needs you now, the day has said its goodnight So let your breathing follow mine and drift where dreams are calling

Chorus

Wilbur, the night is wrapping softly all around you Hush now, my love, there's nowhere safer you could be Wilbur, the light outside is humming low to find you Sleep now, and let the whole wide dark be kind to thee

Verse 2

The white sill holds the glow like it was always meant to stay And even when the wind gets up, it never lets it go So rest inside this quiet room where nothing needs to hurry You are the warmest thing this small house ever seemed to know

Chorus

Wilbur, the night is wrapping softly all around you Hush now, my love, there's nowhere safer you could be Wilbur, the light outside is humming low to find you Sleep now, and let the whole wide dark be kind to thee

Bridge

However far the shadows stretch, they never reach your bed However long the night runs on, it only rocks you slower

Chorus

Wilbur, the night is wrapping softly all around you Hush now, my love, there's nowhere safer you could be Wilbur, the light outside is humming low to find you Sleep now, and let the whole wide dark be kind to thee

Outro

The lamp will keep its glow upon the sill till morning finds you Sleep now, small one, you were loved before the light came through

Verse 1

Somewhere a teaspoon lies still beside the water waiting there quietly for morning to occur nothing left stirring, no sound left to bother and here in my arms it is calm, little Wilbur

Pre-chorus

Every small sound in the house has gone softer lights have leaned low and the evening's grown blurred so let your eyes close as the dark gathers nearer

Chorus

Wilbur, my Wilbur, the hush is your cover nothing can touch you, no need for a spur you are the warmth that this whole night is under sleep now, my Wilbur, sleep now, little Wilbur

Verse 2

The water sits grey but it holds no more worry just stillness enough for a heart to defer you're held closer than silver, you're never in a hurry you are the calm that this house can prefer

Chorus

Wilbur, my Wilbur, the hush is your cover nothing can touch you, no need for a spur you are the warmth that this whole night is under sleep now, my Wilbur, sleep now, little Wilbur

Bridge

Rest now, the kitchen has settled its clatter you are the one thing that always felt sure

Chorus

Wilbur, my Wilbur, the hush is your cover nothing can touch you, no need for a spur you are the warmth that this whole night is under sleep now, my Wilbur, sleep now, little Wilbur

Outro

Somewhere that spoon still rests quiet by the water and here you rest quieter, my little Wilbur