[Verse 1]
I used to hear your footsteps runnin’ down the hall
Bare feet
Tangled hair
Couldn’t wait at all
You’d climb up on my shoulders
Swear you ruled the sky
I was ten feet tall and you were ten feet wide
[Chorus]
Goose feathers on the kitchen floor
From the pillows that we tore apart at four
You were laughin’ till you couldn’t breathe
I was swearin’ I would never leave
All that soft white storm
Floatin’ through the air
Goose feathers in your tangled hair
I still find them when I’m sweepin’ up the years
Goose feathers
And a trail of little tears
[Verse 2]
You used to steal my sweaters
Drag ’em through the mud
Crayons on the table
Jelly on the rug
You’d wobble in my sneakers
Say they fit just right
Trip into my arms and call it “learning how to fly”
[Chorus]
Goose feathers on the kitchen floor
From the pillows that we tore apart at four
You were laughin’ till you couldn’t breathe
I was swearin’ I would never leave
All that soft white storm
Floatin’ through the air
Goose feathers in your tangled hair
I still find them when I’m sweepin’ up the years
Goose feathers
And a trail of little tears
[Bridge]
Now the hallway’s quiet
Pictures on the wall
Show a girl in my old sneakers
Taller than I recall
But when the light hits just right
Dust dances like snow
And I’m back in that blizzard
Never lettin’ go (oh)
[Chorus]
Goose feathers on the kitchen floor
From the pillows that we tore apart at four
You were laughin’ till you couldn’t breathe
I was swearin’ I would never leave
All that soft white storm
Floatin’ through the air
Goose feathers in your grown-up hair
I still find them when I’m sweepin’ up the years
Goose feathers
And a trail of little tears