Here Comes the Ice

Don't you dare leave me here where it's so cold

And there's snow against the door

And the cattle with their asses to the wind

Boats frozen to the shore

I have to cup my fingers round a match

Tie a scarf around my face

And boil the last spud I dug up from the patch

Nothing goest to waste

Here's to the condensation beadin' on our drinks

And our feet up on the wall

Here's to the summers full of wasps and wailing kids

And seaside paddleball

I walked for miles along the promenade

I love my native land to dwell

Here comes the ice that freezes hard

Without remorse, like vice

On the promenade, the wind in full force

Past the lights of the harbor yards

So hear me out, kid, why did you stay at home

And now act all woebegone?

Yes, I lived a hundred thousand lives

And I wouldn't spare you one

Just one blast can chill you into misery

I left the house and asked the road, "Which way?"

But here comes the ice that freezes hard

Without remorse, like vice

On the promenade, the wind in full force

Past the lights of the harbor yards

In the night, I took off down the ice

Over meadow, moor, and stripe

Like a fuckin' meteorite

Beneath the northern lights

The stars at various heights

Didn't heed no one's advice

But Jesus Christ

Raw unknown gods and rites

That page, I didn't write

Laid out in black and white

No sooner meet, then fight

Though the injury was slight

Here comes the ice that freezes hard

Without remorse, like vice

On the promenade, the wind in full force

Past the lights of the harbor yards

Here comes the ice that freezes hard

Without remorse, like vice

On the promenade, the wind in full force

Past the lights of the harbor yards

Here comes the ice that freezes hard

Without remorse, like vice

On the promenade, the wind in full force

Past the lights of the harbor yards