Track Insight / Lyrics
First snow settles on the fence
The cold street holds its breath
At the corner, there you stand
A stranger holding out his hand
Rain had drawn white tracks on glass
Footsteps passed, then footsteps passed
Turned red mittens toward the cold
And the old hood gathered gold
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Miles ahead were lost in white
Roadlights trembled out of sight
Then I turned the wheel just slow
Still you sat beside the glow
First snow settles on the fence
Little crosses, white and clean
Holds the quiet between us two
And the street comes shining through
Engine coughed a smoky sound
Clocks and needles circled round
You tapped twice upon the glass
Your warm breath cleared lines that passed
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Mornings wait beyond the white
Empty highways stretch from sight
Then I slow the cab once more
While your shivering reaches floor
First snow settles on the fence
Little crosses, white and clean
Holds the quiet between us two
And the street comes shining through
Streetlights trembled, blue and white
Taxi idled, silver-bright
Neither spoke; we heard the sound
Soft snow settling all around
Morning cracked the sky in gray
Sun climbed over roofs away
Then you waved and crossed the way
Snow kept every footprint through day
First snow settles on the fence
Little crosses, white and clean
Holds the quiet between us two
And the street comes shining through
Slow headlights painted lines of gold
Crossing hood and window, cold
Then your fingers traced the white
Three small stars, then one took hold
First snow settles on the fence
Little crosses, white and clean
Holds the words we never said
And the long white road ahead
Still the fence holds marks of white
Like a promise, clean and bright
Lost beneath the falling night
Both held fast, and both held tight
