You hold the leather in your hand
Cold as the winter in the land
Prunus avium sleeps in snow
Watching the amber lantern glow
Rub the grain until it gleams
Waking the orchard from its dreams
Polished brown and winter white
Turning the dusk into the light
You brush the salt from every seam
Following a slow and steady stream
The Malus roots are deep and still
Hiding beneath the frozen hill
Rub the grain until it gleams
Waking the orchard from its dreams
Polished brown and winter white
Turning the dusk into the light
Your fingers move in rhythmic time
Steady as a slow and steady climb
The leather warms beneath your palm
Bringing the winter garden calm
Rub the grain until it gleams
Waking the orchard from its dreams
Polished brown and winter white
Turning the dusk into the light
Sift through the peat and heavy clay
Wait for the coming of the May
One steady stroke to clear the haze
Lost in the winter's silver maze
The scent of tannin fills the air
A quiet kind of patient care
The branches bend beneath the weight
Opening up the garden gate
Rub the grain until it gleams
Waking the orchard from its dreams
Polished brown and winter white
Turning the dusk into the light
Buffing the white Buffing the white The leather glows
The winter goes