January Thaw Lyrics

It's fifty degrees today; I can see all the way

To the postcard church where we were wed

It's nothing but gray piles of snow

Except for that one cardinal so red

Last week was so cold it turned my skin raw

Welcome to the January thaw

It's three years since you passed, but it seems like yesterday

For more than fifty years you kept me out of my own way

Even now I can still be a hurricane

I hear you whisper, "You're just a gentle rain"

This early tease of spring should be against the law

No more freezing cold after the January thaw

Next week we're supposed to have another foot of snow

I'll come visit you again

When it's safe for me to climb this hill alone

It's still three months until April when the colors start to shine

You always loved this hill where I asked, "Will you be mine?"

You saw something good in me

Something I could never define

You forgave my every flaw

Darling, you saw past my January thaw

You saw past my January thaw