Track 2 of the single The Night Bus Takes the Long Way Round · 2025
Dad Takes the Stairs, and So Do I
“He's eighty-one and says the stairs are a gift. I've started taking them too, and he's right.”
indie folk · family folk · groovy acoustic · 3:44
Lyrics
He's eighty-one and he won't take the lift Says the stairs are good for a man, they're a gift So I walk beside him, one step at a time Counting the landings, matching his rhyme He used to carry me on his shoulders high Now I carry the shopping and he carries the pride He tells me what the weather did in nineteen sixty-three And I nod like it's news, and it's news to me Dad takes the stairs and so do I Slow and steady, nothing to prove Dad takes the stairs and so do I There's no need to hurry when the heart knows the way We rest on the landing, we look out the window Dad takes the stairs and so do I He pauses on the third floor, says it's the view I know it's his breathing, but I say it's true The pigeons on the roofs and the washing on the lines It's a good enough reason to take our time Dad takes the stairs and so do I Slow and steady, nothing to prove Dad takes the stairs and so do I There's no need to hurry when the heart knows the way We rest on the landing, we look out the window Dad takes the stairs and so do I Everything I know about patience I learned from watching him wait Everything I know about kindness Is a habit he never would name Dad takes the stairs and so do I Slow and steady, nothing to prove Dad takes the stairs and so do I There's no need to hurry when the heart knows the way We rest on the landing, we look out the window Dad takes the stairs and so do I Top floor, key in the door Kettle on, and we'll talk some more Dad takes the stairs And so do I