Laura Nadine

Laura Nadine

Laura Nadine, the snow’s whiting out all our crimes

With soft feathered flakes the sizes of nickels and dimes

And when I look back at us through that veil of white lace

All I see is perfection and uncommon grace under fire

Fire we were caught between

Don’t it sweeten the sorrow we’ve seen, Laura Nadine

Laura Nadine, let’s let go of all those regrets

I’ve learned from you just how fast forgiveness forgets

All our stumbles and scratches, all our cuts that don’t show

They’ve been all washed away like red clay in the snowmelt of tears

Washed away clean

Don’t our bodies have a newborn sheen, Laura Nadine

We are always falling

We are always rising up out of the river

Turning back into the stardust we were

Laura Nadine, what will I do when you’re gone

Now don’t you tell me that my life will just carry on

I’ll have no one to tell me that I hung the moon

I’ll have nobody dancing to my different tune with such joy

You are my queen

And for all the hard winters we’ve seen

Your heart’s never outgrown sweet sixteen, Laura Nadine