The Very First Snow

The world rolls and it changes gears

But today I'll stay in bed

I'm gonna soak these sheets in tears

I'm gonna think of you instead



They say that you're in a better place now

Oh but they don't believe what they know

You left with all of the Christmas lights on

As light as the very first snow



I see red and I hear the noise

I'm gonna go there when I can

Oh whiskey rye is my drug of choice

I think the night will understand



And though you won't get that cold anymore

You will freeze in the back of my brain

And in my dreams I will open the door

If you will lean into the frame



I'm gonna miss your indoor voice

And the way you washed your hands

And all these diamonds you left for me

That I just thought were sand



They say that you're in a better place now

Oh but they don't believe what they know

You left with all of the Christmas lights on

As light as the very first snow