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Make Some Room for Alex

Name: Make Some Room for Alex
Duration: PT205.8S
Channel: Songilingy
Description: For the sister who always finds another chair. A thirtieth-birthday song that starts with the party and says the thing a speech might miss. An original Songilingy example with fictional people and a fictional story.

For the sister who always finds another chair. A thirtieth-birthday song that starts with the party and says the thing a speech might miss.

Make Some Room for Alex

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An original Songilingy example. The people and story are fictional.

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The brief

For my sister Alex’s thirtieth. She moved me to university in a borrowed van and always finds space for everyone. She is worried about where she should be by thirty. We want a song that gets the party going and lets her know we see what she has already built.

The party gives everyone an easy way into the chorus. The bridge gets quieter to acknowledge Alex’s worry, then the last chorus brings the room back to celebrating her.

What would you put in yours?

Name a time they made life easier for someone. Add a funny detail everyone will recognise, then something you want them to hear about this next year. Check that the personal part is something they would be happy to hear in front of guests.

A birthday joke should feel good to the person receiving it. If a worry, age reference or family story is sensitive, keep it out of a song you plan to play to the whole room.

Find more ideas for a personalized birthday song, or get help with what to put in your song brief.

The first listen

For a party, play the MP3 through the speaker you will use on the day and check the volume before guests arrive. A printed QR card can let them hear the song again afterwards.

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Lyrics

You borrowed Uncle David's van To take me off to school We wedged my lamp between the bags And argued over tunes You carried boxes up three floors Then drove back home at nine Then rang to say my favourite coat Was still under your seat

Tonight somebody else can drive Come on, your people have arrived

Make some room for Alex She's been making room for us Turn the record up a little Let the neighbours make a fuss Thirty candles, take your time We'll be here when you decide Whatever comes tomorrow Alex, tonight is yours

You always find another chair Another place to sleep There's someone ringing from a train You've got a spare front-door key The cake is leaning to the left I made it all myself You start to clear the glasses up Sit down, let someone else

I know you want to lend a hand But just this once, we've got a plan

You said, "By now I thought I'd have..." Then let the sentence go While everyone was asking you About a house of your own But look around this crowded room At all these friends you've kept I hope you see the life you've made Before you count what's next

Leave the glasses where they are Alex, tonight is yours