Years have passed since I ve climbed up those warm stairs
And Cohen s disposition remains clear in my mind
I still look back and I ask my self did I cause a difference ?
Or is the difference in me and Cohen was fine all along?

Dinner that night was much more than he could afford
But he would care as if I was his child, his very son
He was a realization, diamonds for my mind
There s every sort and it s a privilege to know one so fine

And if I could take myself back to the cold where the winter s a darker shade of gray
Where fall is long gone and spring is farther, I would not take Cohen s stairs for granted

Here am I, I m at my home that is so far from home
The upstate was so colorful in every way, in every day
And the cold speaks pain, but it s a pain that I could not trade
For my sweetest pain has brought me to who I am

And if I could take myself back to the cold where the winter s a darker shade of gray
Where fall is long gone and spring is farther, I would not take Cohen s stairs for granted
Even when I feel I ve given up, I have not failed, for I have braved one more ruthless fight
And I ve made my change through the warmth of Cohen s Stairs.