Her it is Alice. Hope the line breaks work. My very first line breaks! I'll remember them like I remember my first kiss. (I was only five!)
WHEN THE FIRE DIED
Ned & Den Couch
AS THE SUMMER SUN PALED
AND THE SHADES OF WINTER WERE FALLING
THE FADING BLUE SKIES SEEMED TO CRY AND TURN INTO GREY
WHEN THE GOOD LIFE TURNED BAD,
THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY WERE CALLING WE WERE RUNNING RIGHT BACK
TO THE THINGS THAT FIRST DROVE US AWAY
WHEN THE FIRE DIED OUT,
WHEN THE FIRE DIED OUT,FOR THE LAST TIME
THAT WINTER
AS THE DAY FELL TO DUSK
AND THE DARKNESS CAME DOWN FROM THE HILLSIDE
THE COLD WINTER WIND SENT A CHILL IN THE AIR,
RAINS WERE FREEZING
AS WE LIT ONE LAST FIRE IN THE HEARTH,
WE WERE GRIEVING
REMEMBERING TIMES WHEN TROUBLE WAS SOMETHING WE SHARED
CHORUS: WHEN THE FIRE DIED...
SMOKE FROM THE FIRE DRIFTED UP
AND LAID IN THE VALLEY
I LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW
AND CAPTURED THE MIST-LADEN FIELDS
THE VIRGIN SNOW FELL,
NOT A FOOTPRINT HAD BROKEN ITS COVER
NOTHING HAD MOVED THROUGH THE MORNING
OR DOWN FROM THE HILLS
CHORUS
AS WE MADE FOR THE STATION TO PICK UP OUR TRAIN WE WERE LAUGHING
FOOLING OURSELVES
OF HOW BETTER OUR LIVES WOULD BE
BUT AS WE PULLED OUT ON THE TRACK
OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
LOOKING BACK DOWN THE VALLEY
OUR DREAM WAS ALL WE COULD SEE.
WHEN THE FIRE DIED OUT,
WHEN THE FIRE DIED OUT,
WHEN THE FIRE DIED OUT
FOR THE LAST TIME
THAT WINTER
THAT WINTER