Blowing Winter In
Lyrics and melody © 1999 by Catherine Faber
Arrangement © 1999 by Arlene "Callie" Hills
Now the summertime has faded and the
evening yields to night.
You must learn to love the darkness as you once embraced the
light,
For the tale of spring's returning's just a fantasy you
spin
While the wind that blew the autumn out blows the winter
in.
Now the days are pale and furtive and the
sullen cats complain
The trees are thin and naked and they shiver in the
rain,
The sun so weak you cannot feel his hand upon your skin
While the wind that blew the autumn out blows the winter
in.
When all the hope you've cherished and
all the strength you've grown,
Are a candleflame that flickers in the drafty night
alone,
Is the sky your only blanket? Are the stars your only
kin?
While the wind that blew the autumn out blows the winter
in.
You can always call me over, we can watch
the night's advance.
We can teach the teapot peppermint and the scrabble tiles to
dance,
We can wrap the night in ribbons of voice and mandolin,
While the wind that blew the autumn out blows the winter
in.
Like a thousand vivid photos lie the
rivers you have run,
The horses you have ridden, the mountains splashed with
sun.
Call the campfire from the candle; call the ocean from a
shell
Till the wind that blew the autumn out blows winter out as
well.
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