WISH

from always a river by Ryan Lee

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do I really have to go, hard pressed to find a reason to join the cold
so warm inside your cabin
give me just another moment, wrapped inside the blanket of your body
the blanket of your body
time to hit the open road, loving arms await me
their domain knows me alone, never a single question
thirty-five years full of holiday cheer, still no invitation for my plus one

underneath this winter sky, I just can’t seem to say goodbye

let the snow fall, let the drifts just build a wall ten feet high
blow you blizzard wind, so cruel that even the bravest won’t begin to drive
stranded for the holiday, we could really celebrate
I’ve got you to keep me warm, so bring on the storm

autumn did its best to just hang on through mid-December
and I have done my best to just digress and keep it all together
but this forever bachelor has been taken by surprise
and this hornet’s nest within my chest just will not be denied

let the snow fall, let the drifts just build a wall ten feet high
blow you blizzard wind, so cruel that even the bravest won’t begin to drive
stranded for the holiday, we could really celebrate
I’ve got you to keep me warm, so bring on the storm

like the constellations, validation is just so hard to find
and family is a broken line…will we tiptoe and stumble till the end of time

underneath this winter sky, mother nature, father time
please don’t make me leave my love behind

the snow is beginning to fall, the drifts will soon become the walls we hide behind
stranded for the holiday, with gratitude we will celebrate
I’ve got you to keep me warm, surrounded by this brutal, beautiful storm

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from always a river, released February 1, 2013

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Ryan Lee Minneapolis, Minnesota

Beat-driven folktronica.
Creative, versatile, charismatic and adventurous, Ryan Lee is a musical storyteller,

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