Track 5 of the album Kitchen Window Choir · 2023
Lift Your Cups, the Table's Full
“Paper lanterns, long tables and everybody's cups held up. It's the toast at the heart of the record.”
xinyao · anthemic singalong · village feast folk · 3:07
Lyrics
The paper lanterns hang from the beams The long tables stretch down the hall Old school friends in mismatched jackets Crowding in, one and all She's wearing the dress her mother wore He's wearing a borrowed tie And someone taps a glass with a spoon And the whole room hushes and sighs Lift your cups, the table's full Here's to the two who found their way Lift your cups, the night is long Sing the old songs, sing them today Here's to the friends who stayed the course Here's to the ones who couldn't come Lift your cups, the table's full And everybody's singing along We sang this tune on the old stone steps When we were nineteen and unafraid We never knew where the road would lead Or the kind of love it made Now there's a baby on someone's knee And grey in the hair at the sides But the voices all remember the words And the harmony still abides Lift your cups, the table's full Here's to the two who found their way Lift your cups, the night is long Sing the old songs, sing them today Here's to the friends who stayed the course Here's to the ones who couldn't come Lift your cups, the table's full And everybody's singing along Clap it out on the wooden floor Stamp it out and ask for more Love is a song that we all can share Pass it round like a loaf of bread Lift your cups, the table's full Here's to the two who found their way Lift your cups, the night is long Sing the old songs, sing them today Here's to the friends who stayed the course Here's to the ones who couldn't come Lift your cups, the table's full And everybody's singing along Lift your cups The table's full Sing along