8 Below Zero lyrics

Artist  : Zero 
Song : 8 Below Zero



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 (after a first verse, not on the album)
   
Fifth and MacDougal, crossing the street,
   
Last rose of summer I happen[ed] to meet
   
She greeted my face with the back of her
hand.
    I checked it for blood, made no
reprimand
    It's been a long time, I said
casually,
    She said June 21st, 1983
   
In a voice with inflections heard in my
dreams
    A long time ago, not so long as it
seems...
    "I'll buy you some coffee," I
said "Come inside.
    Tell me who's living,
tell me who's died,
    Whatever happened--
what was his name?"
    Like all of the rest,
he went back where he came.
    chorus
   
Eight below zero, too cold to snow
    Eight
below zero, nowhere to go
    Eight below
zero, face to the wind
    It must have been
written I'd see you again
    I asked how it
happened she still remained
    She laughed
without humor, "I'd ask you the same.
    You
climbed up the ladder, stepped off the top.
  
 You never were someone who knew when to
stop."
    "I'll stop when I'm buried," I said
in reply
    And ordered two pieces of
blueberry pie.
    She picked out the berries,
neglected the crust.
    "Like you," she said,
"I never knew who to trust"
    We never knew
when, we never knew how,
    Never got
cheated, and look at us now.
    You've got
protection, your gamble paid off
    But the
fact you came back shows it wasn't enough.
   
chorus
    It's eight below zero, too cold to
snow,
    Catching her drift, I made motions
to go
    But she stuck out her foot. My
balance collapsed,
    Fell to my knees with
my head in her lap.
    I made up my mind to
leave it right there,
    Rightly or wrongly,
I didn't much care.
    Familiar perfume from
the lap of her dress
    Kingdoms have fallen
defending much less.
    chorus