Snow Charges

There's a patch shimmering under the sky

On the south corner of Bushwick, on the residential side

And I'm afraid I'll slip.

Most days when it's cloudy and all nights I stay inside

But it's 2:30 on New Years' Day and outside it's looking bright

And I could use some chips and a bottle of soda

For my quest to rescue Zelda.

Trying to be brave, I touched the puddle to my tongue

And within a millisecond the bottom of my face went numb

And no one on the street knew anything was wrong.

So I tried to wave my arms to find that they were frozen too

And I tried to run away, my legs felt like they were stuck in clue

And I started to hear a storm.

Through my ears poured freezing rain

And it froze my freezing brain.

A handful of neighbors gathered underneath the awning

of the laundromat 200 feet from the front door of my building

And it smacked my like a pinball

And it crushed me like a wrecking ball

I was swallowed by a cold duvet

And the kids are gonna have a snow day.

I couldn't bear to find out how the story was gonna end

So I closed my eyes and went to sleep and no one found me dead

'Cause everybody stayed inside 'til March.

And a patch of flowers grew out of the concrete where I lied

Some boy picked a dandelion to give to a girl he liked

And she gave him a kiss that warmed his lonely heart.

Now they hold each other tight

And stay in on winter nights.