Spring A'coming ~ Lyrics / Poetry ~ Mobius∆Tripz / AscenzIon

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1)

It’s been a hard long dark cold winter
But the shift is coming soon
Spring it wasn’t coming fast enough
This winter near spelled my ruin
Chopping wood and feeding fires
Smoke rising to the moon
Praying for the thaw to break
And green to come in bloom

Chopping wood and loading the stove
Chill cut clean to the bone
Keeping this old cabin warm
Is harder when you’re alone
Wasn’t sure I’d make it through
Food scarce on the table
Snow on the ground wind howling loud
Stock shivering in the stable
But I kept that flame and I kept my Faith
Through every bitter drummin’
Thank God above I’m still standing here
I feel that spring a’coming

Working hard from sunup down
Getting older every day
Time runs faster than it used to
Like the light just slips away
Some nights doubt would whisper low
Cold as frozen rain
But the Good Lord plants a stubborn seed
Deep inside a man through pain

Chopping wood and loading the stove
Chill cut clean to the bone
Keeping this old cabin warm
Is harder when you’re alone
Wasn’t sure I’d make it through
Food scarce on the table
Snow on the ground wind howling loud
Stock shivering in the stable
But I kept that flame and I kept my Faith
Through every bitter drummin’
Thank God above I’m still standing here
I feel that spring a’coming

I see it in the way the creek
Breaks loose beneath the ice
Hear it in the morning birds
Singing soft but twice as bright
Hope rising with the muddy thaw
Life waking from the numb
After every frozen trial
The warmer days will come

Chopping wood but smiling now
Sun warming my skin
Cabin door swung open wide
Let that new day in
Snowmelt running down the hill
Fields humming and thrumming
Hard long winter couldn’t break me down
I knew that spring was coming

2)

It’s been a hard long dark cold winter
Frost creepin’ through the cracks
Wind blowin’ down off that north ridge
With the world all white and black
Choppin’ wood by lantern light
Breath hangin’ in the air
Prayin’ for a sign of green
Some mercy anywhere

Choppin’ wood and loadin’ the stove
Cold cut clean to the bone
Keepin’ this old cabin warm
Ain’t easy all alone
Wasn’t sure I’d see the thaw
With beans left in the sack
Snow piled high round the barnyard gate
And ice on the pasture track
But I kept that fire and I kept my Faith
Through every night so numbin’
Hard times tried but they couldn’t hide
That I felt spring a’coming

Workin’ from the break of dawn
Till the red sun sank out west
Hands all cracked and back bowed low
No time for much rest
Heard that creek start talkin’ soft
Underneath the snow
Like a fiddle string just wakin’ up
Ready for the bow

Choppin’ wood and loadin’ the stove
Cold cut clean to the bone
Keepin’ this old cabin warm
Ain’t easy all alone
Wasn’t sure I’d see the thaw
With beans left in the sack
Snow piled high round the barnyard gate
And ice on the pasture track
But I kept that fire and I kept my Faith
Through every night so numbin’
Thank the Lord I’m standin’ tall
’Cause I see spring a’coming

Robins callin’ from the fence
Sun warm on the tin
Cabin door swung open wide
Let that new day in
Muddy boots and plowin’ time
Fields hummin’ and thrumming
Long dark winter couldn’t hold me down
I knew spring was a’coming