There’s a Place for You

WE NOTICE

Intro — layered humming

Basses

Mm, bum-ba, mm, bum-ba

Tenors

Oh, mm, oh

Lead

Anybody seen him?

Choir

It's been a little while

Lead

Let's go down together

Choir

See if he'll come outside

Verse 1

Lead

You were always first to wave

Knew us all by face and name

Choir

We'd stop awhile beside your gate

Lead

Then your chair stayed folded up

And we missed you more than once

Choir

We had each seen just a part

Lead

Till we stopped to ask and talk

Chorus — full harmony

Lead

When you go quiet—

Choir

We notice

Lead

When you fall back—

Verse 4

Lead

Some mornings we don’t wake up right

Pull the curtains, lose the light

Choir

We knock before it gets too dark

Lead

Some days the road is twice as long

Still we hum a steady song

Choir

Every voice will find the mark

Lead

We don’t need the perfect word

Just the same old three or four

Choir

“How’ve you been? We’re glad you’re here”

Lead

Round and round the circle goes

Hand to hand and row by row

Verse 5

Lead

Listen close and you will hear

Every step that brought us here

Choir

We came walking one by one

Lead

Some have crossed a river wide

Some have climbed a mountain side

Choir

Still we gather as the sun

Lead

Hold the rhythm in your palm

Feel it shaking, feel it warm

Choir

That's the heartbeat we all share

Lead

Pass it onward, pass it low

Tell the ones who need to know

Choir

There is always room to spare

Chorus — full harmony

Lead

When you go quiet—

Choir

We notice

Lead

When you fall back—

Choir

We slow

Lead

You don't have to find the words

Choir

Sit beside us, take it slow

Lead

One

Verse 6

Lead

Some nights the stars don't seem to shine

And the road gets hard to find

Choir

We'll be singing till the morn

Lead

If your load is getting tall

Set it down beside us all

Choir

You were never meant to carry on

Lead

Every tear you've ever cried

Every time you've had to hide

Choir

We've been standing right outside

Lead

Now you know the door is wide

Come

Bridge 4

Basses

Bum-ba, bum-ba, stomp and clap

Bum-ba, bum-ba, stomp and clap

Tenors

Round we go and round we come

Every heart is beating warm

Lead

Keep the circle, keep the line

Choir

Morning, midday, evening time

Lead

When your voice is wearing thin

Choir

Let our chorus carry in

Verse 13

Lead

There's a rhythm in the ground

Every time we move around

Choir

Feel the earth beneath your feet

Lead

There's a melody in air

Every time we stop and share

Choir

Every single voice is sweet

Lead

When the silence gets too loud

When you're standing in the crowd

Choir

We will find you by your name

Lead

When you think they've closed the door

We'll be knocking more and more

Choir

Nothing ever stays the same

Verse 14

Lead

Stomp your left and clap your right

Hold the rhythm through the night

Choir

Hear it rolling like the sea

Lead

Call it low and call it high

Every answer gets a try

Choir

That's the way it's meant to be

Lead

When the harvest comes and goes

When the river overflows

Choir

Still the song will find its way

Lead

Every season has its turn

Every ember has to burn

Choir

We will stay and we will stay