Crack of Blue

There's a crack of blue in an all grey sky
 There's a flock of birds and I wave good-bye
 And all the leaves around have changed their colors
 I kind of like the fall, but I really hate the winter
 And after work the boys all meet at Joe's garage
 Talkin' 'bout the rebuilt engine in some old Dodge
 Joe's a northern boy, but folks still respect him
 He lets every single car get by the state inspection
 Driving on, this road is long, it's like loneliness
 There's a big white house, it's my favorite
 It makes me think that there's such thing as perfect
 Makes me think of all the dreams still to come yet
 There's a crack of white in the sky so soon
 And I recall a song about a harvest moon
 That I learned back when I was a second grader
 When we'd sit and cut out pumpkins from construction paper
 Back at home with my book half-read
 My cat and me are sprawled out on my bed
 The sun goes down, it's time to feed her
 I wish I had a fireplace instead of a heater
 Something here will find me
 Some voice right behind me
 Somehow will remind me of this time last year
 There's a smack of cold on a night like this
 There's a big white breath in October's kiss
 Used to be, it all made me sad somehow
 But I'll tell you what, it ain't so bad now