Winter Lyrics
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"
[Chorus]
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"
[Verse 2]
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"
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
"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"
[Outro]
Never change
All the white horses, ah
Hmm
About
“Winter” was first released as the fourth single from Amos' debut studio album Little Earthquakes. It was released on March 9, 1992 by EastWest Records in the UK and Atlantic Records on November 24 in North America.
The music video was directed by Cindy Palmano.
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As mentioned in the annotation: In an interview with Rolling Stone, Amos stated: “The ‘White Horses’ are your dreams. That doesn’t really say it. Opportunities? Roads that you thought you would go down and haven’t experienced, and all these potential experiences are gone now. Those doors are closed. And imagination – the belief that your imagination can take you to places. The magical world having gone from your world, which to me there’s nothing more painful than that – when you can’t access your magical world. There was a moment when I thought I was too young to not be able to access that anymore. But I’ve noticed over the years that a lot of teenagers feel locked out of that world. They don’t know how to get back anymore because in trying to become an adult you feel like you have to circumcise the magical world.”
- 1.Leather
- 4.Upside Down
- 7.Me and a Gun
- 9.Girl
- 10.Winter
- 13.China
- 14.Sweet Dreams
- 15.Mother
- 17.Cornflake Girl
- 18.Honey
- 19.Take Me with You
- 20.Baker Baker
- 21.The Waitress
- 22.Pretty Good Year
- 23.God
- 25.Past the Mission
- 26.Bells for Her
- 27.Yes, Anastasia
- 28.Blood Roses
- 29.Mr. Zebra
- 32.Beauty Queen
- 33.Horses
- 34.Father Lucifer
- 35.Marianne
- 40.Bliss
- 41.Suede
- 43.1000 Oceans
- 45.Lust
- 46.Dātura
- 50.Doughnut Song
- 52.Not David Bowie
- 53.Amber Waves
- 54.Iieee
- 55.Playboy Mommy
- 56.The Beekeeper
- 58.Zero Point
- 59.Sweet the Sting
- 61.Spark
- 63.Cruel
- 64.Dolphin Song
- 65.Gold Dust
- 66.The Pool
- 67.Never Seen Blue
- 69.Beulah Land
- 70.Sugar
- 71.Cooling
- 72.Bachelorette
- 73.Black Swan
- 74.Mary
- 75.Peeping Tommi
- 76.Toodles Mr. Jim
- 80.This Old Man
- 82.Here. In My Head
- 84.Merman
- 85.Sister Janet
- 87.Frog on My Toe