Winter's Bone

There’s a bird outside

Sittin’ lanely allein ane the wire

Ane ‘ees no singin’

Tae cald tae be a crier

Dreich ane bitter 

The cloud ane the blaw

Snaw blawin sideways

Seems tae gae on ane aw

Ane with it

As frozen tae ah bone

Sits ma heart 

Ah still as the stone

God, I dae miss her

Each ane every part

But we’re sae broken

Dinnae even know how tae start

Winter’s night sae crisp

Ane sae clear

But nae stars are shinin’

Ane ma whiskey hold nae cheer

God, if ah could fix us

With words as kind as can be

God, if ah could fix us

She’d see a new me

Nae moment will hold us

Nae wind in her hair

Nae walks in the heather

Ah God, ma heart is so sair

Seems like I’d take it

Her love, just ah speck

Instead I feel like 

Tis a noose on ma neck

So stare at the birdie

Sittin’ aw landely allein ane the wire

So cald is the weather

Nae warmth or nae fire

Without her tae hold me

The cold’ll not postpone

Instead it’ll leave my heart frozen

As still as the stone

--william paris