Zac Brown Band - Colder Weather (with James Taylor)

The weather is changing.  Even here in Georgia we're in for colder weather.  What Yankees may not know is that cold can bring new blossoms, like this camellia from inside the Camp Borepatch secure perimeter.  Pretty.

But always bitter sweet.  The world is contracting, going dormant, to wait expectantly for the stirrings of Spring.  Winter is a harsh time for plants and animals.  Some survive, by luck or persistence.  Some find the cold and loneliness too much.

It can be like that, sometimes.  Luck and persistence can see a couple through a hard time, love surviving to a new spring's glory.  But some find the cold and loneliness too much.

Well it's a winding road
When you're in the lost and found

Zac Brown gives me hope for Country Music.  At his best, he reminds me of the great old balladeers from Country's finest days.  He captures a mood of bitter sweet, one well known to far too many.  This isn't the first time.

And I love you but I leave you
I don't want you but I need you
You know it's you that calls me back here baby



Colder Weather (songwriters: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Levi Lowrey, Coy Bowles)

She'd trade Colorado if he'd take her with him,
Closes the door before the winter lets the cold in,
And wonders if her love is strong enough to make him stay,
She's answered by the tail lights
Shining through the window pane

He said I wanna see you again
But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Can I call you then
She said you're a ramblin' man
And you ain't ever gonna change
You gotta gypsy soul to blame
And you were born for leavin'

At a truck stop diner just outside of Lincoln,
The night is black as the coffee he was drinkin',
And in the waitress' eyes he sees the same 'ol light a shinin',
He thinks of Colorado
And the girl he left behind him

He said I wanna see you again
But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Can I call you then
She said you're a ramblin' man
And you ain't ever gonna change
You got a gypsy soul to blame
And you were born for leavin'(born for leavin')

Well it's a winding road
When you're in the lost and found
You're a lover I'm a runner
And we go 'round 'n 'round
And I love you but I leave you
I don't want you but I need you
You know it's you that calls me back here baby

Oh I wanna see you again
But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Can I call you then
Cause I'm a ramblin' man
I ain't ever gonna change (I ain't ever gonna change)
Gotta gypsy soul to blame
And I was born for leavin' (born for leavin')

And when I close my eyes I see you
No matter where I am
I can smell your perfume through these whispering pines
I'm with your ghost again
It's a shame about the weather
But I know soon we'll be together
And I can't wait till then
I can't wait till then