On these dark nights
I wrote this song after a trip to Orkney and specifically after meeting and playing with Hazel Wrigley of the fiddle and guitar duo The Wrigley Sisters. The music is inspired by Orkney and that meeting - the words are about love and commitment.
Words and music by Jim Byrne
On these dark nights
I need you more
I want to see you through my door
Why don’t you stay at home with me
We’ll light the fire
And sit and watch the flames
will dance across our hearts
Why don’t you take a seat with me.
And you turn on my inner light
I contemplate what’s on my mind
This is a love we have to keep
And this old song
that we will sing
of something true
we both will bring
As we live out the life we planned
With lighter hearts
I’ll catch your smile
I know tonight we’ll stay a while
Warmed by this winter light we see
I catch your eye
and make you laugh
I take my time on your behalf
Let me offer up my recipe
And you turn on my inner light
I contemplate what’s on my mind
This is a love we have to keep
When something's true you hold it close
not cast aside or let it go
Don’t burn down this house that love has built
There is a love
that stays the course
with changing days
and moving shores
This is the time to show your hand
And this old song
that we will sing
of something true
we both will bring
As we live out the life we planned
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