This hot day suddenly turned so cold
In its gusts I am enveloped
In my pocket I have these photographs
That have never been developed

I picked the last ripe fruit yesterday
My boss said, "Well, you'll be on your way."
But I didn't save enough to
Get back to California yet

And when the cold wind tugs my shoulder
Tries to pull me where it hides
I see you standing over all the summer
Flowers that have died

Chorus:
Take me in, hold me close
Winter's coming like a ghost
That I can see on the horizon
Stealing the green from all the trees
And myself, I feel me stripped
Bare and empty like the wind
And you can clothe me in nothing but your love
If you want to try it out

San Diego winter's just a cooler shade of summer
You have to go
Up to the mountains for a flake of snow
Failing life and failing love
I left there fleeing pictures of
A world I was too familiar with to know

And I met you by a maple tree
Out by the railroad tracks
And I cherish all your kisses
And your hands upon my back

Chorus

And I am ragged, I am just a dusty traveler
Can you polish off this rough and quarried
stone that is my heart?
I will do the same for you
We'll make it through this winter
Even if it is the coldest one on these newspapers' charts

I'll take you in, hold you close
I know the thing you fear the most
Is getting stranded, being covered by the ever growing snow
I'll keep you warm 'til the spring
When the world wakes up again

I'll take you in, leaves are falling
I'll hold you close, snow is coming
I'll take you in
And you can clothe me in nothing but your love