Everybody Sing the Last Verse

Lyrics

The village hall is crowded and the heating's rather weak,
There's a table full of biscuits and a choir that dares not speak.
Then the old piano starts up, slightly flat but full of cheer,
And someone says, come on now, let's all sing it, bring it near.

Everybody sing the last verse, loud or soft or out of key,
Nobody's here to be perfect, just to sing it, you and me.
Raise it to the rafters, let the lantern light stay warm,
Everybody sing the last verse, and we'll sing right through the storm.

There's a baker with a baritone and a teacher with a grin,
A little girl on tiptoe who's just learning to begin.
Grandma's got the harmony and she holds it like a flame,
And we all sound better together, though we can't recall each name.

Everybody sing the last verse, loud or soft or out of key,
Nobody's here to be perfect, just to sing it, you and me.
Raise it to the rafters, let the lantern light stay warm,
Everybody sing the last verse, and we'll sing right through the storm.

When the lights go down tonight, and the chairs are stacked away,
We'll walk home humming softly in the cool and silver grey.
The tune will stay inside us like a small and glowing coal,
And it's good to be together, and it's good to be whole.

Everybody sing the last verse, loud or soft or out of key,
Nobody's here to be perfect, just to sing it, you and me.
Raise it to the rafters, let the lantern light stay warm,
Everybody sing the last verse, and we'll sing right through the storm.

Sing it once more, sing it true,
One more verse for me and you.
Voices high and voices low,
Sing it, sing it, let it grow.