Lift Up the Corner of the Morning

Lyrics

We stayed up late with the songbook open
Pencil notes in the margins, strings out of tune
The canteen lights were humming softly
And the clock said one, then two, then soon
We sang every chorus we knew by heart
And didn't want the night to ever part

Lift up the corner of the morning
Let the light come pouring in
We've got a song, we've got each other
Let the new day begin
Lift up the corner, sing it clear
Whatever's coming, we are here

There's a bus at six and a test at nine
Nobody's ready, but we don't care
We shared a packet of salted crackers
And a borrowed scarf, and a bench, and air
That tasted like rain and the start of things
And every voice was a different string

Lift up the corner of the morning
Let the light come pouring in
We've got a song, we've got each other
Let the new day begin
Lift up the corner, sing it clear
Whatever's coming, we are here

Some of us will travel, some will stay
Some will write, and some will sing
But we'll remember this blue before the dawn
And the way the whole wide world could ring

The sky goes pink above the stairwell
The sparrows start their morning round
We pack our guitars and shoulder our satchels
And walk out singing, the only sound
A hundred futures, one bright street
And all of us keeping the same soft beat

Lift up the corner of the morning
Let the light come pouring in
We've got a song, we've got each other
Let the new day begin
Lift up the corner, sing it clear
Whatever's coming, we are here

Lift up the corner, sing it clear
Whatever's coming, we are here