Brand New Song From Carol Williams

One More Year [click for real audio sample]

When the cottonwood snows in early June
And the new green turns to dark,
And the fire of the summer sun
Burns with anger and danger, then I know:
I've had one more year with you.
I have had one more year with you.

When the wind pushes its' noisy weight
on the dark green turned to dry
and the aging leaves start their downward spin
so our footsteps crush their colors, then I know:
I've had one more year with you.
I have had one more year with you.

I have had one more year.
Now I will have one less year.
I want to have all my years with you.

When the snow falls while we sit and watch
from our midnight windowsill:
just the black wire veins of our naked trees
still connect the earth and sky, that's when I know:
I've had one more year with you.
I have had one more year with you.

When the gray thaw of spring arrives,
with the twilight interrupting;
and we start on our weary wait
for the cottonwood to seed, that's when I'll know:
I've had one more year with you.
I'm happy for one more year with you.

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