Lo and behold your mother is drinking again
This might be the coldest winter since records began
You were a low moon, steady with wintry calm
Leading the children softly across the farm

Each morning you'd march your sisters like soldiers to school
Cuz lo and behold your father had drunk all the fuel
You were a low moon, steady with wintry calm
Somewhere inside? the fire of your youth went dark

You swear blind there is no weight in the water pail
You say, "My love, you take the cards that you're dealt

Cuz there's no guiding light arcing a line to Bethlehem. If it's dark outside you light the fire yourself

Darling when the ice caps melt,? when the devil's in the bible belt, don't cower in your bed
I'll be on the 5:45, you can meet me at the railway line, and don't look so scared
Cuz we've been through worse than this, before we could talk

The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more
Oh the trick of it is, don't be afraid any more