A Winter Tale Lyrics - Bobby Long

I'm pale I've brought it back to winter tales, 

So spare the ghosts around my neck 

the winds against the sails, 

I'm shivering up a storm of roadside pines, 

Thirst shreds the ballast cold 

and shows the olden times 

I'm bold and sorrow thrown into the day, 

Into the barrels of the sun I turned and found a way, 

The naked branches cut the empty air, 

The river birds have fled away 

from all their wear and tear 

The covered surface hugs the board 

but keeps in the sky, 

A childhood glimpse that keeps you warm 

but hangs you to dry, 

The shameful dream, the shameful face 

that pulls on your heart, 

Those brittle winds will keep the dawn 

from you at the start 

So bring me choirs to ease me on my way, 

So bring me screams of organs for the day, 

So bring me choirs to brighten all the gales, 

So bring me screams of organs and the wails, 

of winter tales