LYRIC FOR SALE

By Janice Marie Foote

Winter's Beauty...
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Intro Lyrics:
As we gaze upon winter's wondrous start
Snow crocuses bloom inside our hearts
Madrones have shed life's layered tendencies
Bare-boned trees reveal their weathered curves
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Verse 1:
Winter days crawl slow to warmth
Upon mortal waking dawn to dusk
Shards of light carve out slivered patterns
Hope bleeds from the apricus sun

Verse 2:
Drinking down smoky coffee in silence
The falling snow echos our stillness

Verse 3:
Darting outside into morning's brisk air
Wearing our mittens, scarves and caps
Bracing up for winter's seasonal shifts
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Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue

Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder

Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
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Verse 4:
Our warm breaths exhaling solace
Sigh an ecstatic winter swoon
Shorter days yield to temperate moods
Underneath the vacillating sun

Verse 5:
Cold winds blowing briskly embrace us
Slender trees put on a shadow show

Verse 6:
Drinking our mugs of sweet hot chocolate
That warms us on this cold winter day
We gaily pass by lively snowmen at play
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Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue

Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder

Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
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Verse 7:
Calm inside this peaceful winter's eve
Glowing candles burn late into the night
Love is our harbinger of continuous hope
That steadily holds up the luminous moon

Verse 8:
Glazed icicles adorning our windowsills
Balance delicately upon what time reveals

Verse 9:
Spiced hot toddies sweetly soothe our souls
Inside our heart's home built on mutual love
As midnight quietly falls over this day's end
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Chorus:
Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the golden sun
We see the unknowable truth
Of winter's long stark beauty
By letting go of what is untrue

Mid-day we say blessed be to all that
Which brings to us winter's beauty
So full of life's whimsy and wonder

Such tremendous joy we do feel
While gazing at the silvery moon
We see a knowable view
Of winter's deep still beauty
By holding on to what is true
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Outro Lyrics:
Robins wistfully sing solstitial songs
Filling the night air with winter's melody
Soon spring will roll out deeper verdancy
Creating for us a euphoric afterwake
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