Last Gasp Cafe 78

Song for the Stairways
Colin McCahon composed and performed by Peter Cleave


Colin
Went up the stairs
to the Stairways Gallery
I said Joanna
Colin is dead
Lend me your shoulder for a while
I'm sure that Colin would have wanted you to smile

Colin McCahon, Colin McCahon
Charge your glasses spill your drinks
onto the green,green fern

And now I stare
down the lonely hall at you
where are your children
where will we hang your things
o yes I stare for the longest time
I stare with eyes that cannot see

Colin McCahon, Colin McCahon
Charge your glasses spill your drinks
onto the green,green fern

Colin
Went up the stairs
to the Stairways Gallery
I said Joanna
Colin is dead
Lend me your shoulder for a while
I'm sure that Colin would have wanted you to smile

Colin McCahon, Colin McCahon
Charge your glasses spill your drinks
onto the green,green fern

Go on back, go on back
Go on back into the green, green fern