Annie On The Stairs
from Journey Home by Tom Smith
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Based upon a poem of the same name by William Thibodeau. See BillThibodeau.com. Thank you Bill.
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Annie on the Stairs
by Tom Smith & William Thibodeau, TomSmithMusic.com
These old pine stairs were strong and silent when first made
Now footsteps play their serenade on weary boards
They were in bad shape when we bought this place
It was a case of buying only what we could afford
Four walls to keep us from the cold
We were so young this house so old
“Please fix those noisy stairs” she said. “Isn’t that the work you do?”
But I grew to love their tune if truth be told
I am a carpenter. I tap down restless nails
To take the music from the stairs in other homes
Sometimes at night I fight those nails within my head
While in my bed my body’s raging like a storm
I go from lost to found
When her slippers play their song
On pine piano keys each with a pitch and tone
A tune well known. I know that I am not alone.
Chorus:
When I hear her on the stairs
Music fills the air
A melody that is the soundtrack for my prayers when I hear
Annie on the stairs
Annie on the stairs
The children came they grew they played their own refrain
Not the same as mine nor Annie’s, but their own
Long after curfew when they thought I could not hear
It was the stairs that would betray they’re safe at home
Our children are all grown
But their echoes linger on
A kind of harmony with Annie on those stairs
They need repairs but not the love that carries on
[Chorus]
by Tom Smith & William Thibodeau, TomSmithMusic.com
These old pine stairs were strong and silent when first made
Now footsteps play their serenade on weary boards
They were in bad shape when we bought this place
It was a case of buying only what we could afford
Four walls to keep us from the cold
We were so young this house so old
“Please fix those noisy stairs” she said. “Isn’t that the work you do?”
But I grew to love their tune if truth be told
I am a carpenter. I tap down restless nails
To take the music from the stairs in other homes
Sometimes at night I fight those nails within my head
While in my bed my body’s raging like a storm
I go from lost to found
When her slippers play their song
On pine piano keys each with a pitch and tone
A tune well known. I know that I am not alone.
Chorus:
When I hear her on the stairs
Music fills the air
A melody that is the soundtrack for my prayers when I hear
Annie on the stairs
Annie on the stairs
The children came they grew they played their own refrain
Not the same as mine nor Annie’s, but their own
Long after curfew when they thought I could not hear
It was the stairs that would betray they’re safe at home
Our children are all grown
But their echoes linger on
A kind of harmony with Annie on those stairs
They need repairs but not the love that carries on
[Chorus]
credits
from Journey Home,
released November 6, 2011
Music: Tom Smith
Lyrics: Tom Smith & William Thibodeau
(c) 2010, 2011 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar
Mally Smith: vocals
Seth Connelly: piano, bass
Music: Tom Smith
Lyrics: Tom Smith & William Thibodeau
(c) 2010, 2011 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
Tom Smith: vocals, guitar
Mally Smith: vocals
Seth Connelly: piano, bass
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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