January, come and take me home

Take me to the prairie skies, to the winters I don't know

And she'll be standing there with the golden in her hair

Oh, take me home to where I'm from, January

Gentle is the time I am with her, it's air into my lungs

Noticing what I couldn't notice, singing songs I've never sung

And I'll be standing there wondering how I could care

For anything the way I do, January

I miss the way she laughs when I cannot help but to say

Exactly how I see her in the light of autumn days

I'm missing everything, so I'll be there before the spring

I'm coming home to where I'm from, January

January, though you cannot last

Stay here in your glory 'til the longest nights have passed

Still be standing there when the days rest unaware

Of the loveliness they've seen in January

Steady is the love that is chosen, it's quiet in its strength

Noticing what we couldn't notice, passing time in any length

So we'll be standing there in the honor it is to bear

The all and in between of January

There's something in the laugh when I cannot help but to say

Exactly how I see her in the light of autumn days

'Cause I'm missing everything, so I'll be there before the spring

I'm coming home to where I'm from, January