Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

snow can wait
i forgot my mittens
wipe my nose
get my new boots on
i get a little warm in my heart
when i think of winter
i put my hand in my father's glove

i run off where the DRIFTS GET DEEPER
sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
i hear a voice
"you must learn to stand up for yourself
cause i can't always be around"

he says when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as i do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
all the white horses are still in bed
i tell you that i'll always want you near
you say that things change my dear

boys get discovered as winter MELTS
flowers competing for the sun
years go by and i'm here still waiting
withering where some snowman was
mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
but i only can see myself
SKATING around the truth who i am
but i know dad the ice is getting thin

when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as i do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
all the white horses are still in bed
i tell you that i'll always want you near
you say that things change my dear

hair is grey and the fires are burning
so many dreams on the shelf
you say i wanted you to be PROUD of me
i always wanted that myself

when you gonna make up your mind
when you gonna love you as much as i do
when you gonna make up your mind
cause things are gonna change so fast
all the WHITE HORSES have gone ahead
i tell you that i'll always want you near
you say that things change my dear

never change

all the white horses

© Sword & Stone

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"Summoned to the piano, this Russian music box round played me over and over til I was wrapped in a blanket with the memory of cinnamon apples on my tongue and boys that didn't 'We.' Went back to where I felt no time - it was all happening again, presently."
-- Tori; Little Earthquakes Songbook

The UK Past The Mission (Part 2) single includes a live version of Winter, recorded in Manchester on March 1, 1994. While the US 1000 Oceans and UK Glory of the 80s (Part 2) singles contained a different live version of Winter, recorded during the Plugged '98 Tour.