Jackopierce - Anderson's Luck lyrics

It was Anderson's luck that found him outside the city Eating bully-beef and drinking the weak coffee And it was Anderson's luck that held him out for this long From the city he smelled wood smoke and wondered how she did alone At night she huddles tight around the wood stove Listening to radio free, waiting for the distant low sounds Of the big guns waking up for the evening And it's just a nuisance, a shame that she's used to it [Refrain 1] Winter's on now He's been months down To the fighting for the city She plays a mean game of hide and seek through the back streets She makes a careful way past frozen eyes under dirty sheets She knows the moment when it comes, ain't nothing more than pure luck A great blinding instant then you rise up above it all [Refrain 2] Winter's on now How much longer Can she hold out in the city [Chorus] People open wide your eyes to this day dawning People open wide your arms to your brothers People open wide your eyes to what's going on And pray, yeah It was Anderson's luck to be there when it happened He was on a short leave, they drank weak coffee by the wood stove As the low moan of cannon came calling from the mountains Perhaps they heard the shot come knocking on their door [Refrain 3] Winter's on now There ain't no wood anyhow They laid them under dirty sheets [Chorus] The ten o'clock news is on In the mouth of the mountains the city lies still under siege My wife reads quiet at the firelight I turn it off, step outside for wood from a fallen tree [Refrain 4] Winter's on now I got coffee on My kids sleep safely in the city [Refrain 5] Winter's on now There ain't no wood anyhow They laid them out under dirty sheets [Chorus] x2 And pray for the lucky ones And pray for the lucky ones