Winter Kept Its Promise

Intro

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Verse 1

The plum branch leans across my window

Winter kept its promise here too long

I fold the letter I will never send

My mother hums a tune I half recall

Pre-Chorus

And the river keeps on going

And the hills forget my name

And the years keep softly snowing

On the path I left behind

Chorus

I am still that quiet child

Still that quiet child

Counting stars above the tiled roof

Counting every mile

I am still that quiet child

Still that quiet child

Calling home across the water

Calling all the while

Verse 2

Lanterns sway above the old stone bridge

A neighbor's dog barks once then settles down

I trace the characters my father taught

Ink that faded slow beneath the rain

Pre-Chorus

And the moon leans on the mountain

And the reeds bend with the wind

And I carry what I'm given

Like a bowl I cannot fill

Chorus

I am still that quiet child

Still that quiet child

Counting stars above the tiled roof

Counting every mile

I am still that quiet child

Still that quiet child

Calling home across the water

Calling all the while

Bridge

Slow slow the seasons turn

Slow slow I learn to wait

Patient as the willow

Patient as the gate

Chorus

I am still that quiet child

Still that quiet child

Counting stars above the tiled roof

Counting every mile

I am still that quiet child

Still that quiet child

Calling home across the water

Calling all the while

Outro

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Calling all the while