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Another Turn of the Cycle

When I hit the big 4-0, I spent a week feeling like my life was a total failure. This song arrived as a gift, a slice of deeper reality.

The maple's blazing fire spooks those fireflies
Haul the wood in
Those honking geese are really jammin' as they wave goodbye
Count your blessings

    Another turn of the cycle
    Another whirl of the wheel
    Nothing could prepare me for this wonder that I feel
    When I wallow in my dark side I'm a prisoner of fear
    When I live in my heart of hearts
    Life grows sweeter every year

We've carted up the harvest, there's frost on the pumpkin
Haul the wood in
Time to gather 'round the table, give thanks with friends and kin
Count your blessings

Sticks of kindling glow in that winter twilight
Haul the wood in
Soon your lover's dreaming of you in that lonesome twilight
Count your blessings

    For breakfast grits and gravy, sweet potato pie
    Again you'll waken to the songbird
    Before you turn and blink your eye


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