The days diminished
when the autumn colors bled
And birds of fancy
gathered up their wings and fled
As an early snow embraced
the dying lilies their beds
Until tomorrow
I’ll dream of rainbows
Tread through the drifts of ice
under limbs of ash exposed
The passing storm still hides
the starlight’s sacred glow
Into the furrowed fields engraved with frost
I’ve not a seed to sow
But cold as the wind blows
I’ll dream of rainbows
Through winter sorrows
Hold on to rainbows
When spring comes to delight us
with her verdant threads
Her morning choir reconjure
visions in our heads
I’ll awake and all my sheathes
of rusted armor will be shed
I’ll watch the dawn grow
I’ll see the rainbows
And as the clouds go
There will be rainbows
I dream of rainbows
Released in 2001, “The Convincer” is a gentle gem in the Nick Lowe catalog; an anniversary edition provides opportunity for rediscovery. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2021