A Winter’s Tune (J. Oscar Bittinger)

Oh girl, bundle up warm, ‘cause we’re going walking
on this Winter’s day where the sky is gray and deep
You’ve been alone too long in your fireside stockings
Step out with me tonight, this is no time to sleep
Step out with me tonight, this is no time to sleep

I’d like to say “I love you” some new way
but I’m not that clever
What I mean by those words changes everyday
If they should fall behind you
like Christmas or feathers
I’ll pick them up and I’ll save them until I can say
Don’t you think it’s time that you’ve come to stay

I know sometimes you’re feeling blue
The winter has lost its wonder
The cold won’t last forever, baby,
You’re not alone, not even maybe
Everyone feels it sometime, don’t you see?

It seems to be that the winter is almost over
Let the Earth begin her arc into the Spring
We don’t have much, just these walks to talk together
and you laugh when I say
“someday I’ll make you queen ( …when I’m the king)”
Still you know I love you
when I sing

©1995 J.Oscar Bittinger