Build up the bonfires - now the seasons turn We-lcome in another year and let the old one burn Build up the bonfires, light the candles bright Al-l the hungry spirits will be coming by tonight Light the bonfires - another year has flown G-ather friends around you, don't spend the night alone Sweep out the courtyard to greet the coming year La-y a handsome table - your visitors are here Build up the bonfires ... Here come your sorrows, all your old regrets E-v'ry broken promise and every unpaid debt Perched on your shoulder yearning toward the flame Pour them a glass of whiskey and greet them all by name Build up the bonfires ... Now make them welcome - offer them release O-ffer them atonement and pray they may find peace Give them your blessing but do not let them stay B-eat on the cans and the pots and pans and send them on their way Build up the bonfires ...
recording: Zoe Mulford live (2014) [YouTube]
notes: album liner notes [Zoe Mulford]