Leo Kottke

Room At The Top Of The Stairs

Leo Kottke


She lives all alone 
on a dark and windy street 
in a room at the top of the stairs. 

She smokes cigarettes 
and stares at the wall 
not knowing that my heart lives there. 

In the cool of the night 
She takes me inside 
And helps soothe my troubles and pain 

She's warm and she's sweet 
Her kisses leave me weep 
I love it when she touches my face 

She talks about the past 
The sorrow and regret 
She cries about the grey in her hair 

I love her so much 
But she just won't believe 
Any man alive could ever care 

I wish I'd been there 
When she was a girl 
Before love had treated her unfair 

She'd not be so sad 
She'd not live alone 
In that room at the top of the stairs. 

In that room at the top of the stairs.