Track 7 of the album Give the Morning Another Try · 2022
Packed the Piano Last of All
“Cardboard towers, a tape gun screaming, and the piano goes in last of all. A moving-day song with a groove under it.”
operatic pop · operatic pop · gospel groove · 3:32
Lyrics
Cardboard towers in the hallway Tape gun screaming down the stairs Dad is counting every box twice Mum is humming old folk airs Everything we own is wrapped in Newsprint from some other year But the upright by the window Waits for us to gather near One more tune before it goes One more chord and off it goes Packed the piano last of all Let the keys ring through the hall Every scratch and every stain Plays the old house back again Sing it up and sing it loud Fill the rooms and shake the crowd Packed the piano last of all Let the new place hear us call Little brother bangs the bass keys Grandma hums the middle part I pick out the tune I learned here Sitting small beside her heart Neighbours lean against the doorframe Join in on the second line Strangers lift a hand to harmony And the whole street turns to shine One more tune before it goes One more chord and off it goes Packed the piano last of all Let the keys ring through the hall Every scratch and every stain Plays the old house back again Sing it up and sing it loud Fill the rooms and shake the crowd Packed the piano last of all Let the new place hear us call Strap it down and roll it out Wheels on gravel, hear us shout Home is where the music goes Ask the road, the road knows Packed the piano last of all Let the keys ring through the hall Every scratch and every stain Plays the old house back again Sing it up and sing it loud Fill the rooms and shake the crowd Packed the piano last of all Let the new place hear us call Let the new place hear us call