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COLD NIGHTS

She hung her life on a nail in a doorway one winter, when the cold cut her deep to the bone
With a hole in one stocking and a head full of nothing, but the last voice she heard on her phone
And the wind didn't stop, didn't show any mercy, and the leaves did a dance round her feet
And she sighed at a memory and wondered out loud, how a sad song could sound quite so sweet

He hung his life on a nail on a park bench one summer, when the warm air was soft as a kiss
When the laughter of lovers is the music of leaving, like a sunbeam that's lost in the mist
And the wind didn't stop, didn't show any mercy, and the leaves did a dance round his feet
And he sighed at a memory and wondered out loud, how a sad song could sound so sweet

It was cold in september the last time i saw her, she was living with somebody new
And we passed on the street like those seven long years, had only been a moment or two
We remembered the good times, the laughter of children, the sparkle of yesterday's wine
Now it's cold nights and hard times, street lights, cheap wine, hitting the end of the line

There's a smile on the face of a saint in a streetlight, there's a hymn in the rain on my face
And i took what was left of my heart to a far away and long forgotten old place
There's a reason for leaving there's a reason for staying, there's a reason for changing your mind
Now it's cold nights and hard times, street lights, cheap wine, hitting the end of the line