David, Sixty-Seven Today

Intro

Hey — hey, David, yeah

Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah

Verse

You wake up to the sunlight on the windowsill

Coffee on the counter, two slices of the thrill

Mail on the table, a postcard from a friend

Laugh lines like stories that never have an end

Sixty-seven mornings, sixty-seven plans

Maps in your pocket, dust on your hands

You keep collecting each small, golden day

Turning the pages in your own good way

Pre-chorus

And every little scar is a song you sing (sing)

And every silver line is a better kind of ring (ring)

We raise a glass, we make a room to say

Chorus

David, sixty-seven today — yeah (hey)

Blow the candles, make a wish, blow the candles, make a wish

David, sixty-seven today — oh (oh)

Sing it loud, sing it proud, sing it loud, sing it proud

Verse

You taught us how to fix a bike and how to tell the truth

Gave up your jacket when the rain came through

You dance in the kitchen with a crooked grin

Tell the same old joke and we laugh all over again

There’s a quiet strength in the way you stand

Kind of steady as a lighthouse on the land

Never in a hurry, always on our side

Carrying the stories that we keep alive

Pre-chorus

And every simple meal becomes a memory (memory)

And every late night talk becomes a ceremony (ceremony)

We gather close, we find a way

Chorus

David, sixty-seven today — yeah (hey)

Blow the candles, make a wish, blow the candles, make a wish

David, sixty-seven today — oh (oh)

Sing it loud, sing it proud, sing it loud, sing it proud

Bridge

Here’s to the mornings yet to come (to come)

Here’s to the laughing and the running sun (running sun)

Here’s to the quiet, here’s to the bold

Here’s to more stories that we haven’t told

Hey — hey, keep going, keep rolling on (on)

Uh-huh, yeah, keep singing that same old song (song)

Chorus

David, sixty-seven today — yeah (hey)

Blow the candles, make a wish, blow the candles, make a wish

David, sixty-seven today — oh (oh)

Sing it loud, sing it proud, sing it loud, sing it proud

David, sixty-seven today — yeah (hey)

Blow the candles, make a wish, blow the candles, make a wish

David, sixty-seven today — oh (oh)

Sing it loud, sing it proud, sing it loud, sing it proud

Outro

Happy birthday, David — happy birthday, David (ha-ha)

Yeah — yeah (go, go)