[Intro] [Two soft piano notes, fingerpicked acoustic guitar] [No drums, brief intro] [Verse 1] Forty winters by the window, One small lamp against the snow. Your blue cup waited on the table, By the chair I couldn't let go. Daddy taught me those gravel roads, Mama taught me how to pray. But nobody taught this northern girl To quit watching the driveway. [Pre-Chorus] Tonight I hear my mama's words: “Child, let Jesus hold the hurt.” [Chorus] I'm an Adirondack girl, Pine-tree roots and silver hair. I kept that little lamplight burning, Like it might bring you back here. Now I turn it off so gently, Let the night air touch my face. The stars were always there above me, And love won't leave when I stop waiting. [Verse 2] Sunday hymns and wooden church pews, Grandma singing by my side. I learned that faith could walk beside me With no answer to the why. Now I wash your cup and dry it, Put it safely on the shelf. Leave my coat beside the doorway— Tomorrow's road is for myself. [Pre-Chorus] I don't have to lose your memory To let my own life breathe. [Chorus] I'm an Adirondack girl, Pine-tree roots and silver hair. I kept that little lamplight burning, Like it might bring you back here. Now I turn it off so gently, Let the night air touch my face. The stars were always there above me, And love won't leave when I stop waiting. [Bridge] [Pull back to guitar and close vocal] Jesus, meet me in the silence, Where the lamplight used to fall. I was here, and I'm still living. There is sky beyond these walls. [Final Chorus] [Full but restrained, soft high harmony] I'm an Adirondack girl, Pine-tree roots and silver hair. I turn toward the open window, Breathe the cool October air. Now I turn it off so gently, Let the night air touch my face. The stars were always there above me, And love won't leave when I stop waiting. [Outro] [Soft pedal steel, acoustic guitar, short fade] The stars were always there. It's my turn to live.
