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The Year The Winter Left Without Taking The Snow

from The North EP by The Great Park

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THE YEAR THE WINTER LEFT WITHOUT TAKING THE SNOW

WELL I COULD NOT PACK MY BAGS AS FAST AS YOU WANTED AND I DID NOT BURN ALL MY BOOKS UPON YOUR STOVE BUT AS SURE AS THE NIGHT IS MINE I WILL RETURN SOME OTHER TIME WITH A RUCKSACK FULL OF TOOLS TO MAKE IT RIGHT IT IS THIRTY BELOW TONIGHT AND THE CAMP IS QUIET AND ALL THE DOGS ARE SILENT IN THEIR SLEEP NO STORM IS GETTING NEAR BUT THE WIND AND THE FROST CUT CLEAR AND I WILL NOT LAST ANOTHER NIGHT OUTSIDE SO WITH THE BLADE I SLICE A LENGTH OF TENT FAST OPEN AND WITH SOFT STEPS I CREEP LIKE A CREEP INSIDE AND I SEE WELL ENOUGH TO STITCH SO I SEW IT SO IT STICKS AND I’M FILLING MY BOTTLE UP WHEN THEY RUSH IN THEY SAY GET OUT OF HERE AND WITH A LEAP I THROW MY CLOTHES ON THEY SAY GET OUT OF HERE FOR WE KNOW NOT WHO YOU ARE BUT I SAY WE BEEN THREE WEEKS ON THE TRAIL AND BEFORE THAT A MONTH IN JAIL IT SEEMS YOU CRETINS ARE QUICK TO FORGET WHEN TIMES ARE HARD SO GOOD PEOPLE IF YOU ARE LISTENING KEEP YOUR SHIRTS ON AND DO NOT TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU CAN NOT KNOW FOR SOMEDAY AND IT WON’T BE LONG WE’LL BE SINGING A DIFFERENT SONG ABOUT THE YEAR THE WINTER LEFT WITHOUT TAKING THE SNOW

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from The North EP, released September 25, 2016

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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