Winter Birds-Ray LaMontagne

[00:02.00]Ray Lamontagne - Winter Birds [00:23.00] [00:24.50]It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow, [00:30.95]The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow [00:38.04]The fallow field that will yield no more, [00:44.29]As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor [00:49.50] [00:53.66]The stream can't contain such the withering rain, [01:01.52]And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away [01:07.95]The clouds crack and growl [01:10.01]Like some great cat on the prowl [01:13.93]Crying out, "I am, I am" over and over again [01:19.85] [01:24.52]The days grow short [01:27.51]As the nights grow long [01:32.57]The kettle sings its tortured song [01:39.56]As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow, [01:44.12]Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now [01:52.23] [02:16.50]The winter birds have come back again, [02:23.90]Here the sprightly Chickadee [02:26.67]Gone now is the Willow Wren [02:30.67]In passing greet each other as if old, old friends [02:36.92]And to the voiceless trees [02:39.20]It is their own they will lend [02:41.80] [02:46.44]The days grow short [02:49.45]As the nights grow long [02:54.07]The kettle sings its tortured song [03:01.63]As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow, [03:06.58]Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now [03:13.53] [03:18.07]And though all these things will change, [03:31.51]The memories will remain [03:43.94]As green to gold, and gold to brown [03:52.39]The leaves will fall to feed the ground [03:58.73]And in their falling, make no sound [04:04.43]Oh my lady, lady I am loving you now [04:11.64] [04:32.59]I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town, [04:40.51]To buy my lady a long and flowing gown [04:47.09]'Cause come tomorrow morning [04:48.88]We're off to the county fair [04:53.13]I'll find a yellow flower [04:56.26]And I will lace it in her hair [04:59.61] [05:03.51]The days grow short [05:06.14]As the nights grow long [05:10.79]The kettle sings its tortured song [05:17.63]As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow, [05:22.36]Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now [05:30.86]