Lyrics

Been a long and lonely winter for my mother Her mother dying slowly It's hard to sit and see The harvest with the seed, each day The static on the TV screen is snowing It's going out of season There's a wall between Like crossing open seas The lady at the front desk By the waiting room Knows me by name This is not a pointed finger I don't know where it would belong Do you ever wonder at this shadow We're pouring out our silence on Dying is for strangers, I know you see it We wear our smiles like a crime If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even Pay in full, waste my time Hand-me-downs and wreckage With the glow of other lives I gather them like children Something to show for our time Dying is for strangers, and I know you see it We wear our smiles like a crime If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even Pay in full, waste my time Been a long and lonely winter for my mother