From the recording Burning Through the Fields
Lyrics
After Winter
by Craig Hyatt
Deep down aluminum alley
On the wrong side of the tracks
I grew up a southern boy
With a monkey on my back
On the other side of the world
The angels sent to me
A loving girl with grace and strength
Challenged to set me free
There’s a new season coming
There’s a change in the wind
Like the budding leaves after winter
In the warm valley air
Through days and nights together
And the stories that we made
That monkey fought to stay alive
As his weight slipped away
Stubbornness and fooling pride
Died with the ape
In her arms I found a home
The story of you and me