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From the 1992 "Wooden Nails" album

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Footsteps In The Hall

Woke up late in the afternoon
Sat up straight and rubbed my racoon eyes
Only to find the sun stopped shining down
I saw the moon rise
Bobby got killed last Saturday night
And to most of us, it still hadn't sank in
Except to Annie, his bride-to-be
She sank into a bottle of gin

Still waiting for the cavalry to call
Living like a refugee
Still listening for the footsteps in the hall
When she comes back home to me

Crawled to my feet and grabbed my shoes
I was still in my clothes from the night before
Walked through the house, it was empty and cold
The floorboards creaked as I opened up the front door
Stepped outside and was mystified by the countryside
It seemed so out of place
Cause everywhere I looked, the only thing I could see
Was her face

Still standing underneath the waterfall
Trying to fill a cup of tea
Still listening for the footsteps in the hall
When she comes back home to me

If time slowed down I could understand
How a breath of air is like a grain of sand
And why it takes so long to make love last
No matter how well it's planned
Given the time, the friends I left behind
Would surely disappear
And I'll wake up once more on the bedroom floor
The way I've done after all of these years

Still pounding wooden nails in the wall
Still gonna paint my masterpiece
Still listening for the footsteps in the hall
When she comes back home to me

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from Footsteps - a collection​:​1987​-​1999, track released April 1, 2011
CC - vocals, acoustic guitars; Alex Black - violin; Paul Keane - percussion

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Cletis Carr

Singer-songwriter Cletis Carr knows a good yarn. Especially when paired with a good melody and some gritty slide guitar.

A careful student of the human condition, Carr's story-songs play out like mini-movies. Tales of joy, heartbreak, redemption, ordinary madness and everyday heroes are framed in a rich tapestry of acoustic steel-string guitar, dobro and lap slide.
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