[00:19.00]'Lo and behold your mother is drinking again
[00:34.71]This might be the coldest winter since records began
[00:49.60]You were alone and steady with wintry calm
[01:06.80]Leading the children softly across the fold
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[01:38.39]In the morning you march your sisters like soldiers to school
[01:51.79]'Cause lo and behold your father has drunk quite a few
[02:04.80]You were alone and steady with wintry calm
[02:17.67]Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark
[02:31.92]But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail
[02:45.73]And you say 'my love, you take the cards that you're dealt'
[02:58.52]There's no guiding light arcing a line to Bethlehem
[03:13.73]And when it's dark outside, you light the fire yourself
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[03:28.38]Darling when the ice caps melt
[03:32.04]When the devils in the bible belt
[03:35.14]Don't you cower in your bed
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[03:41.88]I'll be at the five-four-five
[03:44.96]You can meet me at the railway line
[03:48.00]Don't look so staid
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[03:55.88]'Cause we've been through worse than this before we could talk
[04:09.69]And the trick of it is, don't be afraid anymore
[04:19.78]Oh, the trick of it is, don't be afraid anymore
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