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20 Years of Snow

Description

"20 Years of Snow" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed on 2002-03-13 at The Living Room in Brooklyn, NY, with a demo being recorded the same year on 2002-12-25 at the Two Jews on Christmas (Again) session.

"20 Years of Snow" would go on to be performed throughout 2002, not being played again until it reemerged during the Begin to Hope era in 2005. The song was officially released on the LP Begin to Hope on 2006-06-13. A live version, taken from the 2006-02-04 performance at Shepard's Bush Empire, appeared as a b-side on the "On the Radio" 7" vinyl, released on 2006-07-03.

After 2006, "20 Years of Snow" was only performed two more times live, once in 2007 and for the final time on 2010-03-24 at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York, NY.

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Lyrics

He's a wounded animal
He lives in a matchbox
He's a wounded animal
And he's been coming around here
He's a dying breed
He's a dying breed
His daughter is twenty years of snow falling
She's twenty years of strangers looking into each other's eyes
She's twenty years of clean
She never truly hated anyone or anything
She's a dying breed
She's a dying breed
She says I'd prefer the moss
I'd prefer the mouth
A baby of the swamps
A baby of the south
I'm twenty years of clean
And I never truly hated anyone or anything
Twenty years of clean
Twenty years of clean
But I got to get me out of here
This place is full of dirty old men
And the navigators with their mappy maps
And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes
But I got to get me out of here
This place is full of dirty old men
And the navigators with their mappy maps
And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes
While you stare at your boots
And the words float out like holograms
And the words float out like holograms
And the words float out like holograms
They say, feel the waltz, feel the waltz
Come on, baby, baby, now feel the waltz
Feel the waltz, feel the waltz
Come on, baby, baby, now feel the waltz

Sheet Music

David Levy

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Song Facts

Release Status:

Released

Originally By:

Original

Collaborators:

Solo

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Written:

Unknown

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Song Stats

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Time Between First and Last Performance:

about 8 years

# of Appearances on Official Releases:

2

# of Times Performed Live:

22

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