A City Winter

Music was wailing, the room barely lit

With dart players playing hardly knowing what they hit

And no one was listening to what anyone said

We would wait for the snow to melt so we could get back to bed

We walked through the streets and these months they're bare

The people don't use them; though they know they're there

But isn't it wasted this half year waiting for spring?

If we can get through the winter we'll survive anything

And I know very well the way you feel when December ends

We know there were warmer days, but cannot remember when

Let's get our money out of here, we'll settle down somewhere

And if we someday yearn for a cold return we'll get our money out of there

We got through the storms and through the blistering hail

Our hearts were broken and our careers had failed

We barely had money and the cold made us ill

But we got through winter and we're breathing still.