Walk You Down

Forty steps of polished floor That's all the time I've got I held the back of your bicycle seat Long after you could fly You never knew I'd let go, baby girl And I never told you why Now the organ swells, the doors swing wide And the whole room stands for you So let me walk you down, one last time as mine Your arm through mine like training wheels you don't need I'm not giving you away — there's no such thing I'm just walking beside you while you lead My girl, my girl — let me walk you down You're squeezing my arm the way you did At the doctor's, age of five I whisper "I've got you" out the side of my mouth Same words, whole different life He's waiting at the end up there Good man — I checked him twice So let me walk you down, one last time as mine Your arm through mine like training wheels you don't need I'm not giving you away — there's no such thing I'm just walking beside you while you lead My girl, my girl — let me walk you down Someday you'll hold a small hand at some doorway And feel your throat go tight like mine is now That's not sorrow, sweetheart — that's the good ache The one love leaves when it keeps its vow So let me walk you down, one last time as mine Your arm through mine like training wheels you don't need I'm not giving you away — there's no such thing I'm just walking beside you while you lead My girl, my girl — let me walk you down Forty steps went by too fast Save your old man one more dance