Silent Staircases

(hummmmm) Dinner at five,

eating all alone

TV static

is the only sound at home

Drawing spaceships on the bedroom floor Waiting for a knock upon the

door

Oh,

the backyard is an empty sea Sailing all alone with just a

memory (ooh-ooh)

Building castles out of dust and clay

Wishing

someone else

would come and play

Hand-me-down shoes on the gravel driveway

Watching all the families on the highway

Talking to the shadows on the wall

Learning how to stand up when you fall

And the years they go by like a train

Standing outside in the cold autumn rain (ahhhh)

Oh, the backyard is an empty sea

Sailing all alone with just a memory

Building castles out of dust and clay

Wishing someone else would come and play

Just a memory

(ooh-ooh) Come and play