EAST FOR THE WINTER

(by The Gruff)


I'll take my apron off and 
  call it another day 
I've been workin' for eight dollars an hour and I 
  can't say what I've saved 
It don't mean that I just stay at home
  wonderin' what I'm worth
or where I went wrong and how I lost my 
  way 

Well it feels like it's been summer since 
  well I don't know when
and I thought I'd never feel that 
  nice cool breeze again
and I'm tired of tryin' to seem like 
  everything's ok
There's no need to fake a good day in the 
  rain 

	Well I could go east for the 
	  winter
	and maybe the snow'd feel al-
	  -right
	but i know that I would just keep thinking 'bout 
	  where to rest my head
	and that long dark rainy road back home a-
	  -gain 

Blue skies will soon be seen just 
  few and far between
I'll pedal down to the beach at night and make 
  peace with the stormy seas
and you and I can both go walkin' out 
  in the pourin' rain
Wonder how we didn't see the fallen 
  leaves 

	Well I could go east for the 
	  winter
	and maybe the snow'd feel al-
	  -right
	but i know that I would just keep thinking  'bout 
	  where to rest my head
	and that long, dark, rainy road back home a-
	  -gain

Well money's tight and it sure ain't cheap to 
  fill the house with heat
I lay here in the lonely quiet when 
  everyone's asleep
And though it might be true that I spend my time 
  thinkin' of something new
I wouldn't trade it all a-
  -way for a guarantee 

	Well I could go east for the 
	  winter
	and maybe the snow'd feel al-
	  -right
	but i know that I would just keep thinking 'bout 
	  where to rest my head
	oh i know that I would just keep thinking 'bout 
	  where to rest my head
	and that long dark rainy road back home a-
	  -gain

recording: The Gruff (2006) [YouTube]

recording: Laurel Swift & Ben Moss (2015) [YouTube]