The Hazy Shade of Winter

I was born in the winter, and, as far back as I can remember, it snows on my birthday. This year there is a doosie of a winter storm in the forecast for Wednesday.

I'm celebrating 44 as if I were four...with paper and beads in shades of pink and purple. Filled cupcakes. Stuffed animals.

I realized, this year, that I'm not sure where I was living when I celebrated my actualfourth birthday.




The Hazy Shade of Winter
Songwriter: SIMON, PAUL
(as performed by The Bangles)


Time,
Time,
Time, see what's become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities.

I was so hard to please.
Look around,
Leaves are brown,
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

Hear the Salvation Army band.
Down by the riverside's
Bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned.

Carry your gun in your hand.
Look around.
Leaves are brown.
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

Hang on to your hopes, my friend.
That's an easy thing to say,
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend that you can build them again.
Look around,
The grass is high,
The fields are ripe,
It's the springtime of my life.

Seasons change with the scenery;
Weaving time in a tapestry.
Won't you stop and remember me

Look around,
Leaves are brown,
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Look around,
Leaves are brown,
There's a patch of snow on the ground.