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Cardinal in Winter

from Highways and Backroads by Brandon Grafius

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Cars rolling in the ditch outside, along I-96
The warmth from our fireplace keeps getting dimmer
Then a flash of bright red streaks across the barren white
There's a cardinal in winter
There's a cardinal in winter

We're wrapped up in our blankets, huddled on the couch
Even in the cold your arms feel tender
And looking out the window, through drifting swirls of snow
There's a cardinal in winter
We see a cardinal in winter

Seems like all the world is barren white and still
The hope of sunshine's warmth is just a glimmer
But landing on the frozen branches, beneath the windowsill
There's a cardinal in winter
There's a cardinal in winter

Cold creeps in through the windowpanes, the fire's down to embers
Your soul feels like it's frosting at the center
When it seems the sun will never come, try hard to remember
There's a cardinal in winter
There's always a cardinal in winter

In these days of whipping winds I try to do the best I can
I try to be more saint than rambling sinner
I still need reminders that spring is coming on
You're my cardinal in winter
You know that you're my cardinal in winter

Seems like all the world is barren white and still
The hope of sunshine's warmth is just a glimmer
But landing on the frozen branches, beneath the windowsill
There's a cardinal in winter
There's a cardinal in winter
There's always a cardinal in winter

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from Highways and Backroads, released May 11, 2018
Brandon Grafius: guitar, vocals
Monte Pride: guitar
Pat Hudson: bass
Donny Brown: drums and percussion
Tom Ryberg: piano
Matt Hubbard: harmonic
Jon Herrmann: backing vocals

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Brandon Grafius Delhi Charter Township, Michigan

Brandon Grafius has spent most of his life in Michigan, and has been performing in the Lansing area for almost 20 years. When he's not playing guitar, he teaches Old Testament and Hebrew at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit.

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