Winter City Ghosts

Now She wanted to go out late at night to see The outskirts of the city On the city walls above here late one night Through the snowstorms in the distance We could see the way the world curved And the bonfire glow of lights from other towns The snowfall, it came sooner than Anyone could've predicted And I pulled your hand inside my jacket sleeve And in the other hand I held The tiny pine cone in my pocket Which was closed up like a shellfish in my hand I'm not fooling you I don't know anyone in this city And I don't know you, you don't really know me But I wanted you to stay here More than anyone could've predicted As I held your hand inside my jacket sleeve And the soft shoes of the tourists Made the whole place jump with static From the starlit ballrooms not too far from here The lights on in tall buildings They were blinking in the distance Like a Morse code signal from the wind and trees She wanted to go out late at night to see The outskirts of the city On the city walls above here late one night Through the snowstorms all around us We could see the way the world curved And the bonfire glow of lights from other towns And I wanted you to stay here More than anyone could've predicted As I pulled your hand inside my jacket sleeve In the other hand I held The tiny pine cone in my pocket Which was closed up like a shellfish in my hand