My wife and me took a home by the sea In the hopes we'd be raising some children When the snow's on the pine We come down from the maritime To the oak and the pine of New England Oh, the winter was hard and I could not find a job And the factory closed in December Old folks 'round the town Know that they're feeling down With the worst winter they could remember Nelson McGuire, he's the same age as I Though in looks he appears to be older He returned to a store From the Indo-China War And his heart is the heart of a soldier (oh yes) And some man in the da da di... Didn't know da da di... Saying communists and fags Gonna desecrate the flag Just across the Canadian border Da da da... Buried deep in his shoulder (Oh, no) Oh, mama Don't lean on me I know Don't lean on me
[00:09.65]My wife and me took a home by the sea [00:13.27]In the hopes we'd be raising some children [00:17.90]When the snow's on the pine [00:19.77]We come down from the maritime [00:22.13]To the oak and the pine of New England [00:30.25]Oh, the winter was hard and I could not find a job [00:34.36]And the factory closed in December [00:39.10]Old folks 'round the town [00:41.00]Know that they're feeling down [00:43.02]With the worst winter they could remember [00:51.67]Nelson McGuire, he's the same age as I [00:55.28]Though in looks he appears to be older [00:59.69]He returned to a store [01:01.44]From the Indo-China War [01:03.83]And his heart is the heart of a soldier [01:09.30](oh yes) [01:16.40]And some man in the da da di... [01:19.76]Didn't know da da di... [01:24.45]Saying communists and fags [01:26.47]Gonna desecrate the flag [01:28.53]Just across the Canadian border [01:41.22]Da da da... [01:54.60]Buried deep in his shoulder [01:59.73](Oh, no) [02:02.33]Oh, mama [02:07.99]Don't lean on me [02:13.29]I know [02:21.52]Don't lean on me [02:32.73]