Dar Williams - February lyrics

I threw your keys in the waterI looked back

Theyd frozen halfway down in the ice.

They froze up so quicklythe keys and their owners

Even after the angerit all turned silentand

The everyday turned solitary

So we came to february.

First we forgot where wed planted those bulbs last year

Then we forgot that wed planted at all

Then we forgot what plants are altogether

And I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and

The nights were long and cold and scary

Can we live through february?

You know I think christmas was a long red glare

Shot up like a warningwe gave presents without cards

And then the snow

And then the snow camewe were always out shoveling

And wed drop to sleep exhausted

Then wed wake upand it's snowing.

And february was so long that it lasted into march

And found us walking a path alone together.

You stopped and pointed and you said'thats a crocus'

And I said'whats a crocus? ' and you said'its a flower'

I tried to rememberbut I said'whats a flower? '

You said'i still love you.'

The leaves were turning as we drove to the hardware store

My new lover made me keys to the house

And when we got homewell we just started chopping wood

Because you never know how next year will be

And well gather all our arms can carry

I have lost to february.