First Recollection Lyrics - Pale Sun, Crescent Moon - Cowboy Junkies

My first recollection is a day in December 

black iron steam engine covered in ice 

like some Precambrian monster 

moaning and snorting 

Nothing was ever going to beat that beast 

in a fair fight 

I've sat and watched the woodpiles 

grow through the summer 

now I'm sitting, smelling summer burn through the fall 

Winter's coming on, days getting dreary 

and I'm thinking this is the season 

that I leave you all 

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I've heard a man in crisis 

falls back on what he knows best, 

a murderer to murder 

a thief to theft 

And I don't want you to think 

that this is some kind of deathbed confession 

but run is what I did when put to the test 

My first recollection is a day in December 

747 tracing lines through the sky 

like some old gypsy curse 

silently preying upon the dreams of those 

who jealously watch life pass by 

I've sat and watched my troubles 

pile through the summer 

now I'm sitting, hearing my youngest cry 

down the hall 

Winter's coming on, days getting dreary 

and I'm thinking this is the season 

that I leave you all 

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I've heard that the son must bear 

the burdens of the father 

but it's the daughter that is left 

to clean up the mess 

And I don't want you to think 

that I'm asking for absolution, 

but run is what I did when put to the test