We got bundled up and bunched in our puffy parkas
Put on hand-me-down snow pants that kept out precipitation
And we would head to sled down the hill in our backyard
Which is quite small but at the time it looked so large.
A plastic orange sled could turn into so many different things:
A Flash Gordon shuttle, a Barbie convertible or Gargamel's flying bed
or stand on the sled like we were surfing through Narragansett Bay.
A plastic orange sled could turn into so many different things.
And I got me an angel
She's me from an angle
I couldn't picture who I'd be
but I hoped it would be you
Lying on our backs, stretched out like an X
Wave our arms and legs and lo and behold, when we stood, angels took our place
I was tall for my age, she was shorter than most, so our angels looked like twins.
Leaving a snow fossil that we both could fit in.
A shape that suited her best except it needed a heart too big for it's chest
At the end of our trip, we'd sip on Quik,
(that chocolate bunny on the logo)
and get ready for the evening of watching "ShaNaNa" and "The Muppet Show".
She took me under her wings, and let me believe I could be anything.
And I got me an angel
She's me from an angle
I couldn't picture who I'd be
but i hoped it would be you
My sister Jean said I'd be a grown-up with a really long braid.
And now I do, I couldn't picture who I'd be
but I really wanted that braid!
Could I have imagined a city not so far away?
Three feet of snow not yet pigmented by piss on President's Day.
A city with a scarf wrapped around it's trap
wool over my eyes like an oversized hat
Shushed by snow, flakes muffling all the sounds I'd come to know.
A future me enters, long-braided, wonderin' if I could make it
Waiting for Jean to sled on by
and ask me if it was time for a ride
And i dont' need angels
She's me from an angle
I couldn't picture who I'd be
but i hoped it would be you.
