December-The Waterboys

[ti:December (Original 8 Track Mix] [ar:The Waterboys] [al:The Waterboys] [by:] [offset:0] [00:47.67]December is the cruelest month [00:52.48] [00:55.11]But this time for once my cheeks are warm [00:59.35] [01:01.85]After long years in the monkey-house [01:05.73] [01:07.98]I am ready for the storm [01:11.36] [01:17.42]Let them throw all their cannonballs [01:20.85] [01:21.86]Let all their strongmen come [01:24.98]I'm ready to go anywhere [01:29.00] [01:31.26]Through venom sick and scum [01:34.89] [01:49.70]December isn't always cold [01:53.45] [01:57.64]But this year she's mine and I know why [02:01.76] [02:03.82]Somewhere a flower has to grow [02:08.29] [02:10.04]For every flower that dies [02:13.10] [02:19.67]I'm stricken with fever [02:22.98]But my heart is strong as steel [02:26.98]I'm ready to go anywhere [02:30.83] [02:33.02]I can believe I can feel [02:36.65] [03:07.15]December is a trusted friend [03:11.02] [03:14.71]I always recognize her face [03:18.77] [03:21.27]It's a plague of fool blown aside [03:24.65]Forever by her soft and silent grace [03:30.20] [03:37.07]She is reckless as a Mayday [03:41.33]Gentle as a stone [03:43.70]And ready to go anywhere [03:48.34] [03:50.97]To carry me back home [03:54.03] [04:24.78]December fell deep in the bleak [04:28.65]Mid-winter time when Jesus Christ [04:31.53]Howled a baby savior's howl [04:35.72] [04:36.72]A primal truth as pure as ice [04:39.97] [04:46.53]And though we crucified him on a cross [04:49.78] [04:50.90]And dragged his name from payer to curse [04:54.53]He was able to go anywhere [04:58.09] [05:00.87]He was almost one of us He was almost one of us