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Stairway of Time

from There's a Storm by David Hakan

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lyrics

Stairway of Time (capo up 5 in C)
G C
He stepped off the bus in a stubborn-jaw town,
D C G
Boards on the windows, the wind blowing round.
His cell phone said nothing, so he packed it away.
His watch only told him he was ten years late.
He walked down a gravel road and stuck out his thunb.
A rusty El Camino picked him up on the run.
He pushed his Dad’s doorbell, heard a wedding bell chime
And fell to the bottom of the stairway of time.
Dr3 C G G Dr3 C Dr3 C D Dr3 C G
The cab at the airport was a new minivan.
In her one good pants suit she felt dressed like a man.
The hotel was bigger than her town stacked up high.
She carried her own bags, thank you, and they didn’t ask why.
In six lanes of traffic for an hour or more.
She found her Mom’s townhouse and knocked on the door.
It swung wide with perfume and silk satin shine
And she fell to the bottom of the stairway of time.

He looked at his sister, and she looked at him,
the gray in his hair. She once was so slim.
But this church held them both like the whisper of home
As they looked at Baby Sis now with a man of her own.
“Do you think Dad will come?” “Lord only knows.”
“Do you think Mom will come?” “She promised to show.”
But the music had started and the bride looked so fine
As they fell to the bottom of the stairway of time.

Parched to the bone, the old man stopped for a drink.
He’d traveled this far, but he still had to think.
She couldn’t believe the old soda fountain survived.
Adding Coco to chocolate, she wafted inside.
You’d have thought that lightning had struck that place,
When after ten years they finally stood face to face.
At their table they didn’t notice a car with tin cans behind
‘cause they fell to the bottom of the stairway of time.

Words and music by David B. Hakan © 2005 All Rights Reserved 3-15-2005

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from There's a Storm, released January 1, 2003

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