Just For The Winter

from A Crown on a Chain EP by Far Flown Falcon

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Just for the winter
Just until I work it out
Just for the winter
Just until I eject this splinter
Don’t get me wrong
It’s just until the cold has gone
‘Til the fog has cleared and I’ve sung my song
Just for the winter

The cold inspires all kinds of sin
And as my teeth chatter I maintain a grin
As I burn all kinds of virtuous things
Just to keep inside the fire’s ring
I burnt the black keys on the piano
Then I burnt all the white ones too
I chopped down the trees on the windbreak
Then I shrugged as the gales howled through
These winter days, too short to discover
Come summer I will be
A better lover

Just for the winter
Just until I work it out
Just for the winter
Just until I eject this splinter
Don’t get me wrong
It’s just until the cold has gone
‘Til the fog has cleared and I’ve sung my song
Just for the winter

Icicles dangle from my still regrets
But they’re outside in the dark and wet
From here I see, but a silhouette
Wrapped in bearskin and a soft brunette
And perhaps you thought that I liked blondes
Or maybe someone more exotic
But this exile from the creeping snows
Has a right to be quixotic
These winter days, too short to discover
Come summer I will be
A better lover
Just for the winter, just for the winter, just for the winter

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from A Crown on a Chain EP, released August 28, 2015

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Far Flown Falcon Cairo, Egypt

Far Flown Falcon is the musical identity of James Conder, a songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist.

For videos and reflections on the craft of songwriting, visit farflownfalcon.wordpress.com

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