Feb 2022 singer songwriter
Still working on the guitar. Trying to get it smoother. Nothing I love more than working on a song in February, with snow coming down outside.
Winter Fox. 2/17
D/F# G
On a morning just like this
D/F#. G
With the streetlights faintly lit
D/F# C G
Red Fox shuffles back through suburban lawns
And wouldn’t it be so grand
With a fireplace of his own
Who decided he would spend his life out in the snow?
Am. G. Am G. C G
He and his vixen would lay right down on the blanket by the fire
He peeks through the window and gets another glance at this human empire
D/F# C. G
Oh oh ooooh. Oh oh ooooh
D/F# C. D
Who decided he’d spend his life out in the snow?
D/F# G
It looks warm in there he thinks
D/F G
He sees a cat sleeping on a rug
D/F# C G
He can’t help but wonder, what if that were me
Would he trade his freedom in
Just to be warm enough
How warm does an animal get to be?
@hoppiern Feb 2022
I love how you structured this song to pull the listener in to really care about the fox and then you pose the freedom vs. warmth dilemma, which is relatable on many levels. Really nice performance too - your voice sounds great on this and the guitar is just sparse enough to evoke a winter’s day. Sigh. I’m such a fan of Heidi winter songs.
@mightyq Feb 2022
Really nice vocal and sweet view through the eyes of a wild creature.
@jessicagraae Feb 2022
You paint such a vivid picture of inside and out- animal's life versus human's life. I'm always in awe when I spot a fox in the suburbs. It's just a shocking bit of wild, I guess. Your guitar playing sound really good.
@timlaborie Feb 2022
Great song putting yourself inside the mind of this Fox. And at the same time outside. And, of course there is no answer to "who decided." It is just what is.
@roblincoln Feb 2022
Not just a really cool perspective from an animal, but a very pretty song. My favorite lines are in the chorus, the ones that end in "fire" and "empire." Both those lines are great. Never heard "vixen" used in a song where it literally meant vixen and not a derogatory take on a woman. There's always a first time.