I want a drink and then I want another
I’m getting tired of waiting on this winter
If it’s going to snow I wish it would start
Instead of taking three months to break this heart

Woo-ooo, are you coming
Woo-ooo, or are you going
All I really want to know is which way the wind’s blowing

I want to dream and then I want to wake up
I want a break but I don’t want to break up
I want a song I don’t want to have sing it
I want your love right now, did you bring it? Did you bring it?

I got under your rolling thunder
You’re the lightning, the right thing, you got my number
The weather’s wicked this time of year
Staring out the window, watching your tears
Roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
I saw them with my own two blue eyes
Two blue eyes
Two blue eyes

True love is always complicated
Free and easy is overrated
My classic beauty, the west coast mystery, moved out east
The rest is history

Woo-ooo, are you hiding
Woo-ooo, or are you seeking
All I really want to know is what your ruby lips are speaking

I got under your rolling thunder
You’re the lightning, the right thing, you got my number
The weather’s wicked this time of year
Staring out the window, watching your tears
Roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
I saw them with my own two blue eyes
Two blue eyes
Two blue eyes
Two blue eyes
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth
Tears roll down the face of the earth (fades in background)

Woo-ooo, do you take love
Woo-ooo, or do you leave love
How come happiness is something you cannot conceive of?


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    Joel uses the lightly vieled metaphor of the winter storm taking forever to come, a paralell to the girl he wants not reacting to his feelings, and not being sure of where he stands with her.

    semi_retardedon December 17, 2007   Link

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