December-The Waterboys

[ti:December] [ar:The Waterboys] [al:The Waterboys] [by:] [offset:0] [00:48.55]December is the cruelest month [00:52.11] [00:56.11]But this time for once my cheeks are warm [01:00.11] [01:02.80]After long years in the monkey-house [01:06.86] [01:08.98]I am ready for the storm [01:11.99] [01:18.36]Let them throw all their cannonballs [01:21.92] [01:22.86]Let all their strongmen come [01:25.80]I'm ready to go anywhere [01:30.05] [01:32.42]Through venom sick and scum [01:35.61] [01:50.86]December isn't always cold [01:54.86] [01:58.42]But this year she's mine and I know why [02:02.73] [02:05.05]Somewhere a flower has to grow [02:09.67] [02:11.36]For every flower that dies [02:14.92] [02:20.99]I'm stricken with fever [02:24.05]But my heart is strong as steel [02:27.61]I'm ready to go anywhere [02:32.36] [02:34.36]I can believe I can feel [02:38.48] [03:08.61]December is a trusted friend [03:12.23] [03:16.17]I always recognize her face [03:20.17] [03:22.98]It's a plague of fool blown aside [03:26.42]Forever by her soft and silent grace [03:31.86] [03:38.61]She is reckless as a Mayday [03:42.11] [03:43.05]Gentle as a stone [03:45.74]And ready to go anywhere [03:50.24] [03:52.74]To carry me back home [03:56.30] [04:26.42]December fell deep in the bleak [04:30.24]Mid-winter time when Jesus Christ [04:33.42]Howled a baby savior's howl [04:37.30] [04:38.42]A primal truth as pure as ice [04:41.92] [04:48.61]And though we crucified him on a cross [04:51.99] [04:52.92]And dragged his name from payer to curse [04:57.24]He was able to go anywhere [05:00.36] [05:02.24]He was almost one of us [05:07.11] [05:10.11]He was almost one of us