Old Handrail
Style: Piano ballad

[Verse 1]
I hold that rail on the mossy steps
and feel the rust beneath my grip
it bends but never lets me fall
you're steady in that very way

[Pre-chorus]
I never needed shining things
just something certain, something true
and that is what I found in you

[Chorus]
Karen, you're the hand that holds me steady
Karen, through the wild and through the ready
not caring how the weather's fairing
I found my calm in your caring

[Verse 2]
The grass grows wild past the last stone step
but you don't need a tidy path
you meet me where the ground goes soft
and never once have let me slip

[Chorus]
Karen, you're the hand that holds me steady
Karen, through the wild and through the ready
not caring how the weather's fairing
I found my calm in your caring

[Bridge]
No polish left on this old iron now
just years of weather wearing through
but it still holds, and so do you
that's all the proof I'll ever need

[Chorus]
Karen, you're the hand that holds me steady
Karen, through the wild and through the ready
not caring how the weather's fairing
I found my calm in your caring

[Outro]
I'll take that rail down into the grass
knowing you are still holding fast

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