Forty Winters

Forty winters, cold and dark

Surround you like a beauty markA tilt on the accesses

That time of year

And the flesh of your cheekbones

Says no damage hereThe first time I saw you

There was ice on the ground

And the girl in the greenhouse said

Paradise foundForty winters, forty winters

Forty winters straight in line

Were you not my valentine?Orange blossoms and sandal woods

Oaken moss and musk

Will fragrance your senses

From daylight till duskYou made the simple life

Fit for a king

An oaten meal by candle light

A beautiful thingForty winters, forty winters

Forty winters, forty wintersWhy can't I break the spell

Shake you and make you well?

What is it blinding me

That keeps you from finding me?I know you're in there

You haven't gone somewhere

That God only knows about

Leaving me frozen outDarling, I promise you this

I won't let you drown in the mistForty winters, dark and drear

Could not age you one short yearIt's like I'm trapped beneath the bell jar

As big as the earth

And I'm running to reach you

For all that I'm worthI'll bathe you and feed you

And I'll tend to your grace

But don't make me leave you

In such a dark placeI'm drunk on the bitterness

That sorrow and [Incomprehensible]

And I know that tomorrow

Is out of my handsUntil we're together

I'll sleep in the snow

And I'll love you forever

'Cause that all I knowForty winters, forty winters

Forty winters, forty winters

Forty winters, forty winters