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A song without a band to play it

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Caught in an easterly
There's no escape but for crocuses west of a tree
Petals are shivering
Cowering, quivering
Fragile in yellow and green

This cold snap is making the news
It's too dangerous travelling through
This cold snap is making the news
The snowfall keeps me from you

Blizzards are forecast, there's no escape
We just hunker down lonesome in bed
But blanketwarm's nothing
We hanker for comfort in breath, and in skin, and in hair

This cold snap is making the news
It's too dangerous travelling through
This cold snap is making the news
The snowfall keeps me from you

Morning brings magic
A brilliance of white rouses us from our beds at the dawn
The absence of traffic
Replaced by the sight of sledges and scarves before long

This cold snap is making the news
It's too dangerous travelling through
This cold snap is making the news
The snowfall keeps me from you

This cold snap is making the news
Feel the snow seep through your shoes
This cold snap is making the news
The snowfall keeps me from you.

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from Ten Years of Bad Ideas - Volume Two, released October 30, 2014

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Elegant pop melancholy from Leeds.

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