Half Step Down

Intro

Up in the Midwest in cold Minnesota

Eighteen years from here if you go by the roads

Lived a man from Columbus, Ohio

He’s been my father since a long time ago, he said

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you son of mine

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you till the day I die

And I remember days and days and days spent in Harmony

Christmas day spent in white Oak Park

All those brown bags of a dollar’s worth of candy

I saw from Rapp’s seat than Rapp ever saw, he said

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you son of mine

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you till the day I die

I haven’t seen you much since I was twelve years old

I don’t suppose I’ll see you much on the rest of the road

And you should know that I miss you often

I miss your lap as much as you miss your mother’s, and

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you son of mine

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you till the day I die

I wonder if you picture me as Sygne’s “Riders To The Sea”

Sometimes you wonder if I come out alive

Well, up jumped dingo he was grinning like whatever

I may stray far but I’ll be back by five, he said

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you son of mine

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you son of mine

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you son of mine

I’ll stay behind you, I’ll stay behind you

I’ll stay behind you till the day I die