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Long Winters

from Long Winters by The Franklin Farm

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There’s barely light in the sky when I’m driving, home on the freeway at five,
The tail lights stretch down to the water, ebb and flow like their own glowing tide.

I used to say they would toughen you up.

It gets hard to remember the summer, the ease of just walking outside,
Of jumping right into cool water, of wishing the time wouldn’t fly.

I used to say they would toughen you up,
But I don’t feel tough enough.


Button up now, it’s only the wind, look up now, see the sky start to spin.
The hours they crawl, but the years rush right by, the hours they crawl…
Button up now, the snow has to come, look up now, feel the wind start to hum.
The hours they crawl, but the years rush right by, the hours they crawl...


Take me out to the ocean, take me down to the sea,
It’s cold and I need to get moving, let the waves raise the blood inside me.

I used to say they would toughen you up.

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from Long Winters, released October 23, 2021

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The Franklin Farm Portland, Maine

The Franklin Farm is the moniker of John Sayles, a Maine-based guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. A dedicated home recorder since the early 1990's, John is also active in the Portland music scene, as a solo performer at area farmers' markets, co-ops, and coffee shops, as a member of the band Futureshoes, and as half of the musical mantra duo, Jaap. Thanks for listening! ... more

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