Why Hate the Winter

[Verse 1]

All the waters run out and you sit there wet

There's a high-speed chase on the TV set

And I think to myself, "Why hate the winter?"

The fireplace glows on the snow outside

You've a towel around your head and words in your eyes

They're the words I would say, if only I was braver

[Chorus]

But it's much too cold to run like a dog all alone

So come to my side and snuggle with me in the blanket

Don't offer your love 'cause I'm not the one who should take it

[Verse 2]

I'll batten the doors and the windows too

The radioman says it's negative two

And then he puts on a song that just wouldn't fit in the summer

Your body, it sways, it's so fragile and bare

You say, "Won't you come here and play in my hair?"

But I stay like a tree taken by a shiver

[Chorus]

And it's much too cold to run like a dog all alone

So come to my side and snuggle with me in the blanket

Don't offer your love 'cause I'm not the one who should take it

[Verse 3]

Floorboards are quiet and cold to the feet

And I cry like a child 'cause you'd gone to sleep

And I'd give you my soul, if it wasn't that of a sinner

You are no virgin Mary, no angel so clean

And there's no telling all of the damage you've seen

But your skin makes for me a warm screaming reminder

[Chorus]

But it's much too cold, so come to my side

And snuggle with me in the blanket

Don't offer your love 'cause I'm not a man who could take it