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To A Woman In Winter

from 'blongs' by Freddie Stevenson

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To A Woman In Winter

I saw you on the street in a foreign city
Just beyond the border of a dream
You were going somewhere in a hurry
I knew somehow you were coming to see me

I waited in the square by the frozen fountain
A pair of sparrows were pecking at the ice
Their tiny beaks were carving out your mouth and your eyes
They flew away you melted into life

The street raises a sleepy smile to greet you
Snow falls like confetti on your hair
Every passer by salutes you
But you don’t seem to notice or to care

In the square I hear the church bells chiming midnight
Let me take your freezing hand in mine
Let’s walk around awhile in the moonlight
Forget that we’re running out of time

Some people say that seeing is believing
But I just don’t believe that to be true
I believe we dream things into being
Why else would I still believe in you?

Why else would I dream away my lonely nights?
Without dreams we’d have no reason to wake up
I live my life in shadow cast by sparks of light
Any moment the whole thing could blow up

Today my hair is several winters whiter
And I’m still building castles in the air
I still have only questions and no answers
I’m still waiting by the fountain in the square

Sometimes you seem so far away
Other times you’re close enough to touch
I have only come to pass the time of day
I hope that’s not asking too much

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from 'blongs', released November 28, 2010

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Freddie Stevenson Glasgow, UK

Albums 'Body on the Line', 'All My Strange Companions', '50 Songs', 'The City Is King', 'The Brightening/The Darkening'. A Dirty Urchin of NYC. Co-writing and touring with the Waterboys. Lives in Scotland.

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