First Snowfall-Over The Rhine

[ti:First Snowfall] [ar:Over The Rhine] [al:Blood Oranges in the Snow] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]First Snowfall - Over The Rhine [00:10.25]The Christmas decorations [00:11.90]Look ragged and rusty [00:13.88]A little sooty with coal dust [00:15.82]Santa's missing an eye [00:20.04]The neon sign flickers [00:21.99]On the cinder block tavern [00:23.98]By the Salvation Army [00:26.18]And the plumbers supply [00:30.40]The old downtown mission [00:33.06]Has John 3:16 painted [00:34.08]In all capital letters [00:35.74]Above cans full of trash [00:39.37]But the paint is all peeling [00:41.85]Broken glass on the sidewalk [00:45.82] [00:46.44]Glitters like chandeliers [00:48.30]Somebody smashed [00:48.98] [00:52.07]And my soul feels as empty [00:54.00]As a brown paper bag [00:55.80]The drained bottle inside it [00:58.12]Bought with bummed change [01:00.64]40 ounces of liquor [01:03.61]For 30 pieces of silver [01:07.49]And your temporary suicide [01:10.16]Has all been arranged [01:12.66]It's like an angel starts singing [01:16.69]An old gospel song [01:21.24]In that part of town where [01:25.08]No angel belongs [01:29.29]But what is this music [01:32.58]That falls on my ear [01:37.17]It's the very first snowfall [01:41.02]Of a very long year [01:44.72] [01:46.10]I'm so far from home [01:48.06]And all that's familiar [01:49.89]Every prodigal knows [01:51.63]How this story goes [01:55.97]Was I just runnin' from what's [01:58.82]Too dark to mention [01:59.81]Or were angels escorting me [02:01.96]God only knows [02:05.92]So help me Maria [02:07.38]We heard the same call [02:09.72]Our hearts felt as free [02:11.61]As a dove newly flown [02:15.76]When a big city beckons [02:17.50]Ah you just can't imagine [02:21.92]You're left with no choice [02:23.62]Yeah you just have to go [02:26.47]It's like an angel starts singing [02:30.71]An old gospel song [02:35.19]In that part of town where [02:37.70]No angel belongs [02:42.16] [02:43.31]But what is this music [02:46.73]That falls on deaf ears [02:51.22]It's the very first snowfall [02:54.97]Of a very long year [03:08.35] [03:19.89]There's two stray dogs runnin' [03:22.13]In Newport Kentucky [03:24.14]They've got a secret [03:25.99]No one else knows [03:30.08]This old dirty city [03:31.75]Is cleansed of its sin [03:35.72]We're all light-hearted lovers [03:39.91]We're all beautiful beggars [03:44.03]We're all innocent children [03:46.83]As soon as it snows [03:49.50]It's like an angel starts singing [03:53.41]An old gospel song [03:58.19]In that part of town where [04:02.11]No angel belongs [04:06.02]But what is this music [04:09.66]Are these God's silent tears [04:13.56]It's the very first snowfall [04:18.35]Of a very long year [04:22.62]It's the very first snowfall [04:26.72]Of a very long year