The nights are colder now Maybe I should close the door And anyway the snow has covered all your footsteps And I can follow you no more The fire still burns at night The memories are warm and clear But everybody knows It's hard to be alone this time of year It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? A love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale While I stand alone A bell is ringing far away I wonder if you're here I wonder if you're listening I wonder where you are today Good luck, I wish you well For all that wishes may be worth I hope that love and strength Are with you for the length Of your time on earth It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale It was only a winter's tale Just another winter's tale And why should the world take notice Of one more love that's failed? It's a love that can never be Though it meant a lot to you and me On a world-wide scale We're just another winter's tale We're just another winter's tale

Looking back now I didn't know what it was supposed to be And, and it's like raising' kids, man If you weren't raised, you don't know how to raise, you know? I just did the best thing I could with them because They know fucking well I love them But I didn't do the best I could I didn't know what the fuck I was doing I didn't I will never forget watching my mother get put in a straight jacket And taken out of my home when I was only seven years old She was diagnosed with dementia praecox and put in a mental institution Leaving my daddy alone with me and my little brother Lloyd I later had an evil stepmother Who further cemented the idea that I didn't need a mother Growing up without one Had long lasting impressions I didn't fully understand until much later in life It bled into my relationships with family And those I had become romantically involved with Whenever I got too close to a woman I would cut her off Part of that was vindictive and partially based on fear But it was also totally subconscious Looking back is a bitch, innit?

Let's go to that place where I took you last summer before the fall Where the sky was purple and we drank from the bottle We felt it all By the lighthouse on the hill, we opened a door to a different world Leaving everything behind Just you and I Open up your eyes I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies Let's go to that place where I took you last summer on top of the hill Where the path was golden as it led to the ocean Quiet and still By the lighthouse on the hill, we opened a door to a different world Leaving everything behind Just you and I Open up your eyes I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies I wish that I could stay here all my life Just you and I sitting under purple skies There is a place nothing compares to but we only know With a meaning so special A place that was meant for more than we know By the lighthouse on the hill, we opened a door to a different world Leaving everything behind Just you and I Open up your eyes

I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted one time to see you laughing I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain I only want to see you bathing in the purple rain I never wanted to be your weekend lover I only wanted to be some kind of friend Baby, I could never steal you from another, oh no Such a shame our friendship had to end Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain I only want to see you underneath the purple rain Honey, I know, I know times are wasted It's time we all reach out for something new and that means you too You say you want a leader but you can't seem to make up your mind I think you better close it, well, let me guide you to the purple rain Purple rain, purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain I only want to see you underneath the purple rain