Track Insight / Lyrics
You crouch by the frozen stone wall
Where the winter shadows fall
Three colors mixed in a blur
A shivering coat of damp fur
I hold my camera to the view
A flash of orange, a shade of blue
The shutter clicks a lonely beat
On this gray and empty street
Oh, little stray in the white snow
With nowhere left for you to go
Caught in the mesh of a nylon net
A winter day you won't forget
You hiss at the wind in the air
With a wild and desperate stare
Tangled in twine and old lace
A frightened look on your face
I step closer through the biting chill
The city noise is sudden and still
The shutter clicks a lonely beat
On this gray and empty street
Oh, little stray in the white snow
With nowhere left for you to go
Caught in the mesh of a nylon net
A winter day you won't forget
I reach with a hand soft and slow
While the icy breezes blow
I cut the strings from your paw
Under a heavy winter law
Oh, little stray in the white snow
With nowhere left for you to go
Caught in the mesh of a nylon net
A winter day you won't forget
You lean in my jacket of wool
While the evening tide starts to pull
A small rhythmic purr in your chest
Finding a place for a rest
Oh, little stray in the white snow
Now you have a place you can go
Safe from the mesh of a nylon net
The sweetest friend I've ever met
We walk past the buses in line
Everything feels suddenly fine
A snapshot of warmth in the cold
A story of rescue untold
Calico gold, calico bright
Walking home in the winter light
Just you and me.
