The Snow Came Down

(album: The Christmas Attic - 1998)

A railway station
On a long forgotten line
No destination
But it always leaves on time

He buys his ticket
As the train prepares to leave
Don't want to miss it
On this night Christmas Eve

He stared into the night no expectations
He watched the world go by without a sound
He saw the city lights arrive and fade away
While all that night
All that night
The snow came down

No conversation
As the snow fell from the sky
His consolation
That the world is well disguised

He stared into the night no expectations
He watched the world go by without a sound
He saw the city lights arrive and fade away
While all that night
All that night
The snow came down

He stared into the night, no expectations
But in his heart he wanted to believe
That somehow someone would be waiting there
Upon this Christmas Eve

And when his train it pulled into that station
He saw there was a single pair of tracks
Within the snow and leading to that
Station door
And he followed those steps back

And on this night of our salvation
Where dreams that have been lost
Can there be found
They walked away together
On that Christmas Eve
While all that night
All that night
The snow came down

IN THIS LAST SEASON OF THE YEAR
THIS SEASON THAT WE TRUST
IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR WHOM WE WAIT
BUT TO KNOW WHO WAITS FOR US

AND AS THEY WALKED HOME TOGETHER
TO THE LIGHT OF CHRISTMAS TREES
THEY COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER
ABOUT HOW THIS NIGHT CAME TO BE

WHILE BACK INSIDE THE ATTIC
THE GIRL SAW THEM WALKING THROUGH THE SNOW
AND SHE SMILED WITH A CHILD'S DELIGHT
THINKING HOW THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW

AND SUDDENLY SHE REALIZED
BENEATH THIS NIGHT OF STARS
SOMETIMES CHRISTMAS USES ITS OWN HANDS
AND SOMETIMES IT USES OURS