Lyrics
It’s another rainy late December Saturday
Reflecting on a rainy late December Saturday
I’m dreaming up some ways that I can fly away
Contemplating ways to escape or find solace
While I’m singing carols
Singing carols, possibly in a festive setting
Singing songs they want to hear
Singing songs to please others
I suppose it’s been a year
Acknowledging the passage of a year
But it feels like a day
Time seems fleeting despite the elapsed year
This big city feels a little smaller day by day
City feels increasingly smaller, contemplating reasons to stay
But I know that there’s a million reasons more to stay
Aware of numerous reasons to remain in the city
I don’t have delusions
Realistic about the situation, not delusional
I’ve just got a wandering mind
Having a wandering mind, contemplating leaving
Can I leave this place behind
Uncertain about leaving or fading away
Or will I fade away
Concerns about being forgotten or losing identity
One more smoky sunrise
Describing another smoky sunrise experience
Tells me I’m no good at saying goodbye
Expressing difficulty in saying goodbye
I’ll miss those
Expressing a longing for city lights
Shining lights above my head
Appreciating the lights above
That warm familiar feeling
Nostalgic about a warm and familiar feeling
Of knowing the road that I tread
Familiarity with the path taken in life
Walking by the river arm in arm
Recalling a moment of togetherness by the river
A moment’s calm
A short-lived moment of tranquility
Oh I want this for forever
Expressing a desire for the moment to last forever
But I need something, something else right now
Feeling a need for something different at present
There must be a way to beat this restless feeling down
Searching for a way to overcome restlessness
Only Joni knows how blue I’m feeling now
Referencing Joni Mitchell's understanding of deep emotions
So I keep on singing
Continuing to sing happy tunes despite inner feelings
Those same old happy tunes
Persisting with familiar, yet repetitive, songs
It’s the same old tired news
Reiterating the monotony of news and life
And we’ve heard it before
A sense of familiarity with life's challenges
One more smoky sunrise
Repeating the experience of a smoky sunrise
I know I’m no good at saying goodbye
Expressing difficulty once again in bidding farewell
I’ll miss those
Reiterating the longing for city lights
Shining lights above my head
Appreciating the lights above once more
That warm familiar feeling
Nostalgic about the warm and familiar feeling
Of knowing the road that I tread
Familiarity with the known path in life
Walking by the river arm in arm
Recalling a moment of togetherness by the river once more
A moment’s calm
A moment's calm amidst life's chaos
Oh I want this for forever
Expressing a desire for the moment to last forever again
But I need something, something else right now
Feeling a need for something different at present again
Walking by the river arm in arm
Repeating a moment of togetherness by the river
A moment’s calm
Reiterating a moment's calm amidst life's chaos
Oh I want this for forever
Expressing a desire for the moment to last forever once more
But I need something, something else right now
Feeling a need for something different at present once more
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