New Year's Day In South Station Words Brad DeLong/Music Jan Hauenstein
Capo 2nd fret
(C) (C/B) (Am) (Fj7) (C) (Em7/B) (Am) (Fj7)(hold) (G)(hold)
(C) It's mid-after(G/B)noon.
We're (Am)waiting for the (F)train
That (C)brings someone to (F)share our New Year's (G)Day.
This (C)morning there was (G/B)snow, then rain,
But (Am)now the winter (F)sun,
(C)Filtered and dif(F)fused through the grimy (G)pane
Of the station's (Am)west façade,
Trans(F)forms the gloomy (C)lobby in(F)to a gold ar(G)(hold)cade,
A gold ar(C)ca(Em7/B)de. (Am) (F) (C) (Em7/B) (Am) (G)
My (C)brother stands a(G/B)gainst the light,
And (Am)at his feet his (F)tiny son
(C)Toddles after a (F)pigeon, bobbing on the (G)run
Across the (C)marble floor.(Em7/B) (Am) (Fj7) (G)
The (C)bird, no thought of (G/B)flight,
Has (Am)purpose on the (F)ground,
And (C)strutting leads the (F)boy,
Who squeals a joyful (G)sound.
The (Em)father strolls while (Am)boy and bird both (F)run,
And (Em)as they reach the (Am)golden pane,
The (F)three are merged in (C)sudden silhou(G)ette
In(Em)to the force (Am)flooding from the (F)glass.
I (C)felt the (C/B)Ages (Am)pass. (Fj7) (G) (C) (Em7/B) (Am) (Fj7) (G)(hold)
(F)I regret I (C)can not draw
To (G)sketch for you the (Am)scene I saw,
I (F)had no film with me that (G)day
Upon (Em)which that small boy to por(Am)tray.(F) (G)
Thus (C)from the mirror (Em7/B)of my mind
I (Am)will reflect to (F)you
The (C)golden glow, the (G/B)strutting bird,
The (Am)laughing child not (F)far behind,
(C)Reaching to(F)ward the bird to (G)say:
The (Em)centuries all (Am)flow in kind;
Their (F)pulse is New Year's (G)Day.
(C) (C/B) (Am) (F) (C) (Em7/B) (Am) (Fj7) (G)(hold)
The (C)wheel will turn, the (G/B)cycle run;
A(Am)nother bird will (F)lead another (C)child
A little (Em7/B)clos(Am)er (Fj7)
To(C)ward the (C/B)Golden (Am)Sun, (Fj7) (G)
To(C)ward the (Em7/B)Golden (Am)Sun. (Fj7) (G) (C) (Fj7) (C) (Cj7)(C)
Words WB DeLong, early 60s and late 2015,
Music Jan Hauenstein, Goettingen, 17 & 18 December 2015
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