Lyrics

Storm blew down the wires you aren’t calling me on
Snow covers the roads you won’t drive in the dark
You say you really want to make it,
but there’s something you have to do
And anyway, there’s no place here to park.

You’re killing me / you’re filling me
With words I don’t want to hear
On the longest night of the year

We didn't make it to China. I didn’t make it to the end of the road
In the snow you couldn’t tell my feet were bare.
It’s a kind of puzzle
how to get your mom to admit you’re home.
What do I keep secret, what do I share?

You’re killing me / you’re filling me
With words I don’t want to hear
On the longest night of the year

You can’t make something happen
just by wanting it so much
Days and weeks of sweat your sacrifice
When everyone walks out of the room
holding less than when they came in
It’s a lonely lawyer’s compromise

You’re killing me / you’re filling me
With words I don’t want to hear
On the longest night of the year

The syrup that dripped from your tongue
is now frozen in the bark
You’re looking at me wondering if the sap will rise
You’re walking around the Garden of Eden
and you won’t take off your clothes
You could make a prison out of paradise