Winter Song

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

You're not too far from the bottom

and it's still so early in the day

She told me what she taught 'em

We're just halfway into autumn

But when winter comes, it's here to stay

The snow falls pretty and it covers up the ground

and it hides

what will not go away

Down in the city she buys clothes by the pound

just to fool me

into thinking her way

(Refrain:)

Come sing a winter tune

a winter tune so gay

It's too bad the check had to come so soon

and I hear it's your turn to pay

Well, her eyes were blue and her eyes were green

and you never knew

which ones you'd see

They would stare through a film of cosmoline

and they were always trained

right on me

She said he went insane

in a Ford Fairlane

parked beside a stand of hemlock trees

They were safe out of the rain

when he finally made his claim

and he didn't ask and didn't say please

(Refrain)

There weren't nobody

on that mountain road

when you slide off deep into the snow

Now the night is getting cold

and has a very good hold

with no reason to ever let go

Your own Mother Earth wants to call you home

and protect you

from all harm

She's so lonely in the night

and if you only held her tight

there'll be no need for alarm

(Refrain)

You never travel steerage

when you're in a Boston marriage

No matter what the people may say

You found yourself a lover

Drag her underneath the cover

and show her where the hound dogs bay

An after dinner cigarette

another shot of anisette

Adjust the seat in the Fairlane

You gave them what they want

in the finest restaurant

and you didn't cry or didn't name names

(Refrain)