Guitar Tabs
Birches - Bill Morrissey
capo IV
G - Bm - Am - C - D (repeat)
They sat at each end of the couch
watched as the fire burned down
so quiet on this winter's night
not a house light on for miles around
then he said "I think I'll fill the stove,
it's getting time for bed"
she looked up "I think I'll have some wine,
how 'bout you?" she asked and he declined
"Warren," she said, "maybe just for tonight,
lets fill the stove with birches
and watch as the fire burns bright.
How long has it been?
I know it's quite awhile,
pour yourself half a glass,
stay with me a little while."
Warren, he shook his head
as if she'd made some kind of joke
"Birches, on a winters night?
No, we'll fill the stove with oak."
"Oak will burn as long and hot
as a July afternoon,
and birch will burn itself out
by the rising of the moon
"And you hate a cold house, same as me,
am I right or not?"
"All right, all right that's true," she said,
"it was just a thought."
And she said "Warren, you do look tired,
maybe you should go up to bed,
I'll take care of the wood tonight."
"Oak." he told her, "Oak." she said
(break)
She listened to his footsteps
as he went up the stairs
then she pulled a sweater on
and set her wine glass on the chair
She walked down cellar to the woodbox
it was cold as an icechest
then climbed back up with four logs
each as white as a wedding dress
And she filled the stove and poured the wine
and sat herself down on the floor
she curled her legs beneath her
as the fire sprang to life once more
And it filled the room with it's hungry light
and it cracked as it drew air
and shadows danced a jittery waltz
like no one else was there
and she stood up in the heat
as she twirled around the room
and the shadows, they saw nothing
but a young girl on her honeymoon
and she knew the time, it would be short
soon the fire would start to fade
she thought of heat, she thought of time
and she called it an even trade
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