Just a little while longer Before we know We’ll be eating blood oranges In the snow The border crossing Was moving slow With all this weather It’s been touch and go But we keep driving We’re not afraid The snow in our headlights Confetti in a parade And we’ve got maybe Oh, a 100 more miles I’m gonna hold Grace’s baby They say she’s all smiles Just a little while longer Before we know We’ll be eating blood oranges In the snow Daddy’s gonna play Red Wing Like it’s the only song he knows Mama’s washin’ dishes
Singin’ soft and low She’ll ask me to play From the gospel hymnal Try to find an old song She don’t know Who Made The Lilies? On The Jericho Road Let The Lower Lights Be Burning Be Still My Soul Just a little while longer Before we know We’ll be eating blood oranges In the snow And he will gather us All of us kids And read pioneer stories Of the great north woods And the silent panther Patient in the trees With the pioneer children Walkin’ home beneath Just a little while longer Before we know…