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Winter Lady Lyrics
Trav'ling lady, stay awhile
until the night is over.
I'm just a station on your way,
I know I'm not your lover.
Well I lived with a child of snow
when I was a soldier,
and I fought every man for her
until the nights grew colder.
She used to wear her hair like you
except when she was sleeping,
and then she'd weave it on a loom
of smoke and gold and breathing.
And why are you so quiet now
standing there in the doorway?
You chose your journey long before
you came upon this highway.
Trav'ling lady stay awhile
until the night is over.
I'm just a station on your way,
I know I'm not your lover.
until the night is over.
I'm just a station on your way,
I know I'm not your lover.
when I was a soldier,
and I fought every man for her
until the nights grew colder.
except when she was sleeping,
and then she'd weave it on a loom
of smoke and gold and breathing.
standing there in the doorway?
You chose your journey long before
you came upon this highway.
until the night is over.
I'm just a station on your way,
I know I'm not your lover.
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Submitted by
hosimosi On Mar 26, 2002
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It's about a man who's with a woman who doesn't really want him so much as need his company. He wants her because she's like his old lover. That's it, though that's plenty.
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Mrs. Robinson
Just cause she ain't the fabled "the one" doesn't mean they can't make something of what they've got while they're together.
Just a beautiful love song, yet a strong tinge of melancholy and nostalgia.
I love the line, "Well I lived with a child of snow/When I was a soldier" So much information about his relationship is revealed about this woman that he obviously still very much longs for.