New Year's Song

If you’re freezing on your left side

And you’re boiling on your right side

Then I guess you might be warm upon the line

There are many ways one can divide a life

And I’ve got mine

I was flying home and I

Saw the sunset from the sky

I saw the dark come spooning down upon the land

And I thought about the distance we all cover

And it made me sad

And as the old year took a bow

And joined the setting sun

It comes around again

Like a refrain

And we all sing along

And think of things we should’ve done

Till one year when the new year never came

Little comfort, little comfort

I’m afraid you’re not enough

I’ve had some learning both unwelcome and unkind

And it seems there’s but one story told

And then re-worked all throughout time

Are you a good one or a cruel one

It is just the laws that make us bad

What can we do to measure where we stand

Well I judge myself by what I give to someone else

So I’ll know where I am

Don’t let that sense of urgency betray you in the dark

The rustle of a curtain’s not a sign

Don’t frame this picture now

As some kind of closing remark

And most of all stay warm upon the line

Most of all stay warm upon the line

It’s best if you stay warm upon the line