The streets are cold tonight
Frozen winds are blowing
Telling all who’ll listen
Winter will soon be coming
The shelters filled up early
No room for Jing or me
Asked if we could wait until May
Gave us some soup and coffee
We’ve been traveling together
For a couple of years
Looking out for each other
Sharing our food and tears
Jing has a nasty cough
She’s wearing an extra shirt
We know a kindly guard
Let us borrow a patch of dirt
She started crying again
Lost a child in a forgotten war
Bury my ghosts with two dollar gin
Her’s keep coming back for more
Long cold nights are always the worst
Don’t care for all the talking time
Private emotions come to surface
Her hell gets confused with mine
She started shaking and groaning
An hour before the dawn
I hold her close to warm her
By morning she was gone
I need the clothes Jing’s wearing
Shakes and tears won’t let me
Left her name with unsure spelling
Now her troubles are mine to carry
We’ve been traveling together
For a couple of years
Looking out for each other
Sharing our food and tears
The streets are cold tonight
Frozen winds are blowing
Telling all who’ll listen
Winter will soon be coming…