Spring Fever

[Verse 1]
I am up against winter's wall
Holding back the hope that is natural to me
In winter's sickbed sickened by the scene
And please don't tell me this is all
Pacing back and forth as a caged animal
Set on haunches gnawing on a dream

[Chorus]
And feed a cold and starve a fever
And it's of fever that I sing
I cannot wait to lie me down
In the fever of the spring

[Verse 2]
And memories inebriate us all
The drunken wisdom and the visions from the smoke
And the juice from flowers running in the veins
Imprisoned as they were the words now call
The unbridled tongues set to wagging their jokes
And the freedom of "I love you" calls in vain

[Chorus]
And feed a cold and starve a fever
And it's of fever that I sing
I cannot wait to lie me down
In the fever of the spring

[Verse 3]
And I have seen my comrades fall
As I haunt the hospitals and hunt asylum wards
I hear the veterans bemoaning their friends
And where are they now to heed the call?
Back on the farm awaiting silently the end
Fighting nightmares of marching again

[Chorus]
And feed a cold and starve a fever
And it's of fever that I sing
I cannot wait to lie me down
In the fever of the spring
In the fever of the spring
In the fever of the spring