On cold November days dont like to stray too far
Or even leave my bed, or put down my guitar
Or leave my master bedroom with its view
Overlooking the mountains
On dark December days, I think of all my friends
from Washington to Maine, New York to Sweden
And how weve all grown closer with years
Or how weve grown apart
Icicles fall from my roof, burning stove, piles of firewood
Will we meet again in Cold Brook Park
In Cold Brook Park
On January days I walk into the town
Once or twice a day some peace out here Ive found
My clothes are wet with rain and mountain mist
Oh how I love the quiet
When February rains Ive gone another year
Chasing perfect poems and trying them in your ear
But Im losing the will to chase them anymore
Across those lonesome oceans
Running deer stops at a fence, sniffing at the flowering iris
Will we meet again in Cold Brook Park
Cold Brook Park
Ghosts inhabit my mountain home
They dont frighten me, I sleep here alone
I shut out my friends, shut off the phone and
Late in the night I hear the echoes of young love
I walk downtown, saw her again
There on the corner, laughing with friends
The cool mountain air pinched her pink skin
And I walked on, aching with memories of young love
Youth walk by hand in hand
And there on the porch sits an old man
His back is tight, his splintered hands
And plain in his eyes, he envies the beauty of young love