Yesterday's Wind

Been out all mornin' picking up trash Newspapers, letters, old photographs Tangled in branches, stuck in the trees Caught in the bushes and all over the street And then, you come blowin' in on yesterday's wind It started at sunset, just a small breeze Then came the whistlin', pickin' up speed Closed all the shutters, barred all the doors Even with that it still rattled the floor So then I watched the ashes spin in yesterday's wind Yesterday's wind Came barrelin' through here like thunder Blew January back to December A bonfire right down to a cinder I turned from the window, lay down in my bed Sounds of destruction pillowed my head Everything torn up, nothing intact The world upside down, and me on my back Again, watching you descend on yesterday's wind Yesterday's wind Came barrelin' through here like thunder Blew January back to December A bonfire right down to a cinder Wild geese are flying, further down south I feel the cold and your kiss on my mouth God, I'm so weary, it's all I can do To take a deep breath and one step from you And then turn my face again from yesterday's wind Yesterday's Wind Yesterday's Wind