In Piano Years

from The Vestige Venture by Andrew Cos Band

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The keys stick a bit but I don’t mind/
And for the most it’s still in tune/
My wandering’s resulted in this find/
An old piano in this empty room/

This song I began when I sat down/
Unsure what it might produce/
Imagination’s got me wondering aloud/
The history of this piano’s use/

(1st *) How many songs have been played on you?/
Which notes were played the most?/
What kind of tunes? How old are you?/
In piano years, how old?/
In piano years, how old?/

Perhaps an old gentleman sat down/
And played an overture on it/
And maybe a lady taught lessons/
To many kids who could not sit still/

It might have been played on wedding days/
And for hymns within some church/
But now it’s just me on this rickety seat/
Singing to it like it’s a person/

(1st *)

(mandolin slide solo)

The clock ticks on without relent/
As I sit upon this piano bench/
Feeling all the hour-glass sand/
And sentiments that fill my head/

(2nd *) This body is fading fast/
Just like this piano has/
But there’s a tune or two still left/
In this old piano, and in this young man/

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from The Vestige Venture, released March 19, 2011

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