Lyrics

LONG WINTER DAY (by Heidi Wolfson)

I recognize myself in the open market, my need is showing in the panes
I keep my collar closed around me against the driving rain
Parts of my past that I don’t want to see have already melted away

By the time I turned around
Snow had already covered the ground
You had already left town
It’s a long winter day, and I’m alone

Babies turn into countries, they take their ideas on the road
They branch out in all directions, everybody leaves home
Music lays across the silence like bird tracks in the snow

By the time I turned around
Snow had already covered the ground
You had already left town
It’s a long winter day, and I’m alone

Ice hangs in perfect patterns but breaks with jagged edges
I remember how you caused a clatter when you looked in my direction
That clatter formed a family of icicles on the hedges

By the time I turned around
Snow had already covered the ground
You had already left town
It’s a long winter day, and I’m alone