Okkervil River - Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas lyrics

Home is where beds are made and
Butter is added to toast
On a cold afternoon you can float
Room to room like a ghost
Take the creche out and argue about who
Gets to set up the kings
And I know that it is home because
That is where the stereo sings
I have got dreams, dreams to remember
But not even home will be with you forever

It is Christmastime and the plane
Flies me over white hills
To a town in a dream where the sky
It is frozen and still
And a room that is not mine but it
Is just like I left it before
With the wax from the candles all
Dusty and locks on the door
Where I held you so tenderly
And where in summer I opened
Your letter to me
Now I am standing where we kneeled and
A miracle mile now borders it
But if I turn my face to the field
I don't even notice it for a second

There is a tangle of greenery
Where winter scenery ends
And I hear that song sometimes and
Imagine us much more than friends
Like if we stayed in this town
Bought the first house that went up on sale
And how each Christmastime would
Bring in laws and snow days and holiday mail
Your dad says you are living
In Georgia since last September
Yeah well I have got dreams, dreams
To remember, I have got dreams
Dreams to remember
I have got dreams, dreams to
Remember, I have got dreams
Dreams to remember oh Sara
Come back to New Hampshire we
Will stay there forever