[Intro: Stadium-rock male lead, one open guitar, the drums kick in on the second line] Woke up at six and the street was gone White on the palm trees, white on the lawn [Verse 1: Stadium-rock male lead, driving, every line on the kick] Forty-one summers in a city made of heat Never owned a coat and never salted a street Only time I saw my breath was in the cooler at the store Now it's comin' down on Magazine like nothin' came before Kids in pajamas runnin' out in their slides Grown men yellin' like they won somethin' outside Old Mister Batiste, who hates noise on his block Standin' on his steps in a robe and one sock [Pre-Hook: Stadium-rock male lead, drums building, guitars climbing] Nobody's got a sled so we're usin' the lid Off a cooler and a box, and I'm forty like a kid [Hook: Stadium-rock male lead, full band, huge stadium-rock hook] It's a snow day, nobody's goin' in Shut the whole parish down and let the day begin Catch it on your tongue 'fore it's rain again It's a snow day, nobody's goin' in [Verse 2: Stadium-rock male lead, driving harder, every line on the snare] Batiste been hollerin' at kids since I was nine Every ball in his roses, he would keep it every time Now he's down on his knees with his robe in the slush Rollin' up the bottom like a man in a rush Took his own good hat and he set it on the head Gave it his glasses and a broom from the shed Then he turned to the kids who been scared of him for years Said, the middle part is y'all's, now get on over here [Pre-Hook: Stadium-rock male lead, drums building, guitars climbing] Nobody's got a sled so we're usin' the lid Off a cooler and a box, and I'm forty like a kid [Hook: Stadium-rock male lead, full band, huge stadium-rock hook] It's a snow day, nobody's goin' in Shut the whole parish down and let the day begin Catch it on your tongue 'fore it's rain again It's a snow day, nobody's goin' in [Bridge: Stadium-rock male lead, first flake, the band stops and one high guitar harmonic rings like a single flake, then the drums land] By noon it's slush and by three it's gray By supper you could swear it never came our way But I got a picture on the steps with Batiste Two grown men and a snowman with a crooked smile at least [Final Hook: Stadium-rock male lead, full band, huge stadium-rock hook, all the way up] It's a snow day, nobody's goin' in Shut the whole parish down and let the day begin Catch it on your tongue 'fore it's rain again It's a snow day, nobody's goin' in [End]
