Half Light

In the dimming twilight you are nearly mine Late in the night when darkness falls Sing it whispered, sing it quiet Sing it just another time Still, I-I don't know you at all Well I have seen you in the fairground You were spinning untethered on the merry go round Boyish joy upon your face As I've seen you through the gate, still I, I don't know you at all Hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late And any day now the snow will fall What kind of fool would wait? Just standing by the gate, of a boarded up carnival We missed the summer so we, picked the lock You kissed me dizzy on the tiltawhirl Spinning and giddy like I've never been kissed Punch-drunk high up on the hurricane twist The night, the night, the night I was your girl Was it the moonshine, or the glow of the carousel? Or something I found on the winds of time Singing JT and Dylan at the top of our lungs country roads and forever young Like holy writ on the tips on the top of our tongues And hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late And any day now the snow will fall (the snow will fall) What kind of fool would wait Just stand there by the gate, of a boarded up carnival To you fold it all together, is unequivocally absurd It's the mission of a madman, and a mission of the world And maybe maybe I'm chasing an invisible bird And hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late Any day now the snow will fall And only a fool would wait And just stand there by the gate, of a boarded up carnival Hey, hey, James, the seasons getting late And any day now the snow will fall And only a fool would wait Just stand there by the gate, of a boarded up carnival And I can't open your locks With all that I've got, here comes the snow No I can't open your locks with all that I've got And all that I'm not So I've got to go, hey, I've got to go Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey I've got to go