The Year

What can be said in New Year's rise
That's not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go
We know we dream, we dream we know

We rise up laughing with the light
We lie down weeping with the night
We hug the world until it stings
We curse it then and sigh for wings
We live, we love, we woo, we wed
We wreath our brides, we sheet our dead

We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear
And that's the burden of the year

We live, we love, we woo, we wed
We wreath our brides, we sheet our dead
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear
And that's the burden of the year