Last winter there was more snow than we could remember More snow than you could shake a stick at, not that you would Last winter all the trees were dismembered In an ice storm but it left things looking good Last winter the rafters cracked in the attic Car tires popped and engines stopped The televisions were all snow and static Little birds trying to migrate died in mid flight and their frozen bodies Dropped onto the runways of the airports and the pilots looked around At the rain of tiny birds that was covering the ground
And they all said it's too cold and strange outside today to fly Last winter we played cards even though I hate cards And we drank a lot 'cause, well, that's what you do Last winter feeling good and getting along was hard But you said what's done is done and I said I guess that's true but baby There's no need to ever go outside if we make the right decisions now We could stay in here all winter and let the city bring the plow To dig us out and by then we'll be thin, and all in love again