I Remember

[Intro]

I awake on a chilly Christmas morning

Watch the choir singing carols on TV

I gaze out through my window

At a dozen other windows

Then I plug in my artificial tree

And like a dream, I begin to remember

Every Christmas I used to know

A thousand miles away

A million years ago

[Verse 1]

I remember sky

It was blue as ink

Or at least I think

I remember sky

[Verse 2]

I remember snow

Soft as feathers

Sharp as thumbtacks

Coming down like lint

And it made you squint

When the wind would blow

[Bridge]

And ice, like vinyl, on the streets

Cold as silver, white as sheets

Rain, like strings

And changing things

Like leaves

[Verse 3]

I remember leaves

Green as spearmint

Crisp as paper

I remember trees

Bare as coat racks

Spread like broken umbrellas

[Bridge]

And parks and bridges

Ponds and zoos

Ruddy faces

Muddy shoes

Light and noise

And bees and boys

And days

[Verse 4]

Oh, I remember days

Or at least I try

But as years go by

They're a sort of haze

And the bluest ink

Isn't really sky

And at times I think

I would gladly die

For a day of sky