Kirk Windsor - 2020 Lyrics

Get up get up
Time to leave your work so dear
You've been called to celebrate
For one more time this year
To join the noise in the now crowded streets
Away from your quiet lane that feels honest at least
Far from your room
With your curtain to the sun
And pictures on every wall
Yourself in every one
And you're the only one out here with open eyes
To the city hollowness you worked so hard to realize

No one's waiting
To hand you your reward
Your time and money
Is spent before you give the word

You know these trains
Know these lines of open doors
And each stop means only what
It meant to you before
You paid your way to your shade from withering lights
Let your smile fade away and slept peaceful at night

No wind is threatening
To shake you out again
No agitation
No callous on your skin

Everyone's high
Every line of thought is brief
And when midnight's come and gone
You feel a small relief
You only think of the path you have to clear
And the terms that you fulfill don't mean anything here
There's no one here
Who could sing to ease your mind
Cause when you start to sing along
You start to feel like a lie
And all you have is the contract that you keep
That makes you dream of other lives but mostly feel like sleep

Too old to hang in
These temporary rooms
Your new year's coming
And it won't wait for you