A City Winter

moi Caprice

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