Anderson's Luck

It was Anderson's luck that found him outside the city
 Eating bully-beef and drinking the weak coffee
 And it was Anderson's luck that held him out for this long
 From the city he smelled wood smoke and wondered how she did alone
 At night she huddles tight around the wood stove
 Listening to radio free, waiting for the distant low sounds
 Of the big guns waking up for the evening
 And it's just a nuisance, a shame that she's used to it
 [Refrain 1]
 Winter's on now
 He's been months down
 To the fighting for the city
 She plays a mean game of hide and seek through the back streets
 She makes a careful way past frozen eyes under dirty sheets
 She knows the moment when it comes, ain't nothing more than pure luck
 A great blinding instant then you rise up above it all
 [Refrain 2]
 Winter's on now
 How much longer
 Can she hold out in the city
 [Chorus]
 People open wide your eyes to this day dawning
 People open wide your arms to your brothers
 People open wide your eyes to what's going on
 And pray, yeah
 It was Anderson's luck to be there when it happened
 He was on a short leave, they drank weak coffee by the wood stove
 As the low moan of cannon came calling from the mountains
 Perhaps they heard the shot come knocking on their door
 [Refrain 3]
 Winter's on now
 There ain't no wood anyhow
 They laid them under dirty sheets
 [Chorus]
 The ten o'clock news is on
 In the mouth of the mountains the city lies still under siege
 My wife reads quiet at the firelight
 I turn it off, step outside for wood from a fallen tree
 [Refrain 4]
 Winter's on now
 I got coffee on
 My kids sleep safely in the city
 [Refrain 5]
 Winter's on now
 There ain't no wood anyhow
 They laid them out under dirty sheets
 [Chorus] x2
 And pray for the lucky ones
 And pray for the lucky ones