Who Sang January Hymn? The Decemberists
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Credits
publisher: ©BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
writers: Colin Meloy
release date: 2011-1-17
genres: Rock Folk, World, & Country
styles: Folk Rock/Indie Rock
length: 3:14
producer: Tucker Martine and The Decemberists
recording engineer: Tucker Martine
vocal: Colin Meloy
acoustic guitar: Colin Meloy
organ: Jenny Conlee
mixer: Tucker Martine
background vocals: John Moen
guitar: Chris Funk
shakers: John Moen
composer: Colin Meloy
lyricist: Colin Meloy
On a winter's Sunday I go
To clear away the snow
And green the ground below
April all an ocean away
Is this a better way to spend the day?
Keeping the winter at bay
What were the words I meant to say
Before you left
When I could see your breath lead
Where you were going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
Seeing, oh, January, oh
How I lived a childhood in the snow
And all my teens in tow
Stuffed in strata of clothes
Hail the winter days after dark
Wandering the gray memorial park
A fleeting beating of hearts
What were the words I meant to say
Before she left
When I could see her breath lead
Where she was going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
Seeing, oh, Janu...
Oh, January, oh
To clear away the snow
And green the ground below
April all an ocean away
Is this a better way to spend the day?
Keeping the winter at bay
What were the words I meant to say
Before you left
When I could see your breath lead
Where you were going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
Seeing, oh, January, oh
How I lived a childhood in the snow
And all my teens in tow
Stuffed in strata of clothes
Hail the winter days after dark
Wandering the gray memorial park
A fleeting beating of hearts
What were the words I meant to say
Before she left
When I could see her breath lead
Where she was going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
Seeing, oh, Janu...
Oh, January, oh
