Forty Winters

Forty winters, cold and dark

Surround you like a beauty mark

A tilt on the accesses, that time of year

And the flesh of your cheekbones says "No damage here"

The first time I saw you, there was ice on the ground

And the girl in the greenhouse said, "Paradise found"

Forty winters, forty winters

Forty winters straight in line

Were you not my valentine?

Orange blossoms and sandal woods, oaken moss and musk

Will fragrance your senses from daylight 'til dusk

You made the simple life fit for a king

An oaten meal by candlelight, a beautiful thing

Forty winters, forty winters

Forty winters, forty winters

Why can't I break the spell, shake you and make you well?

What is it blinding me that keeps you from finding me?

I know you're in there, you haven't gone somewhere

That God only knows about leaving me frozen out

Darling, I promise you this

I won't let you drown in the mist

Forty winters, dark and drear

Could not age you one short year

It's like I'm trapped 'neath the bell jar as big as the earth

And I'm running to reach you for all that I'm worth

I'll bathe you and feed you, and I'll tend to your grace

But don't make me leave you in such a dark place

I'm drunk on the bitterness that sorrow demands

And I know that tomorrow is out of my hands

Until we're together, I'll sleep in the snow

And I'll love you forever, 'cause that's all I know about

Forty winters, forty winters

Forty winters, forty winters

Forty winters, forty winters