Check On Your Elderly Neighbors

[Verse 1]
Porch light flickers
Old mail by the door
Curtains barely open
You’ve seen it all before

Cold front crawling
Across the late-night news
Someone sits in silence
With one thin blanket for a roof

[Chorus]
That’s why we ask you
Check on your elderly neighbors
Knock on the door
Call out their name
Do that favor
A little “how are you?”
Can carry them through the storm
One small visit
Might be the thing that keeps them warm

[Verse 2]
Fixed pay
Thin wallet
Thermostat turned low
They’ll say “I’m doing fine”
Though you can see the snow

Space heater humming
Old pipes start to ache
You bring soup in a thermos
And ask what else you can take

[Chorus]
That’s why we ask you
Check on your elderly neighbors
Knock on the door
Call out their name
Do that favor
A little “how are you?”
Can carry them through the storm
One small visit
Might be the thing that keeps them warm

[Bridge]
Write down your number on the fridge
Offer a ride to the store (hey)
Clear off the steps
Clear off the walk
Stay five minutes more

[Chorus]
That’s why we ask you
Check on your elderly neighbors
Knock on the door
Call out their name
Do that favor
A little “how are you?”
Can carry them through the storm
One small visit
Might be the thing that keeps them warm