THANKFUL

It's the first breath of springtime and a warm wind picks up the fallen blossom and sails in circles down the street a lady cycles past with her hair in braids as they're pulling down the awnings to the train station cafe I'm alive and I'm thankful for this time I'm alive and I'm thankful for this time Six o'clock summer afternoon next door's kids are playing in the yard I'm doing the dishes at the window and the radio's playing Superstar and the sun falls down upon the garden next door where two young boys are fighting till a woman appears at the door And the fires and the fog and the falling leaves all under October sky You walked me home in the cold after closing time as the leaves rushed by How I want to be loved How I need to be loved Now that I've found you I'd do anything for you In the forest of angels thats where we laid you down and I can hear you whisper as the first frost falls on the ground You're alive just be thankful for this time You're alive just be thankful for this time.