Winter Prayers

Well it's cold, and you're bored

From countin' the Smart cars on '94

When you dream you're back home

But the lakeside don't trust you to walk alone

Hollow trees talk off-hand

All the neckties are toastin' with empty cans

And then you know why she's gone

By the clothes in the river, driftin' on

Slide down south

'Cause once in a while, your confidence leaves you

Like smoke falls out her red mouth

Well she left you the holes

The tracks in the backyard, December snow

But those sad souvenirs

They end at the fence line, disappear

Why you'd follow her there?

Milwaukee's a deaf ear for winter prayers

There's no night, there's no day

With only hope in your pocket, and hell to pay

Slide down south

When once in a while, your confidence leaves you

Like smoke falls out her red mouth