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Cold Weather Kids

by Tod Weidner

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Recorded on a rainy Winter Solstice afternoon in my friend's living room, with vivid memories of past Midwestern winters on my mind. Once a cold weather kid, always a cold weather kid.

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I’m gonna set fire to my shadow
It’s been hangin’ on a little too tight
I’ve been livin’ with it 24/7
But you only ever see it in the light
Gonna turn my blood back into water
Turn the water back into wine
Gonna hide it in the shed
Such a pretty shade of red
I haven’t seen in such a long long time

That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
Cold weather kids

The winter turns you hard as a bastard
With the memory of sweat stung eyes
Autumn lasted just about a weekend
Spring is nothin’ but a rumor and a sigh
Far away as the crows on the silos
Across the drifts and the ditches and the fields
But there’s a brutal kind of beauty
In the the snow-covered stubble
A truth that only comes with the chill

That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
The cold weather kids

So we’ll shelter in the light of the saints of Milwaukee
In temples made of foam
Stomp off the slush in the doorway
And let the neon warm our bones
It’s better than drinkin’ alone
Better than drinkin’ alone

I was talkin’ ‘bout the snow with my buddy
While the sleet beat down like a drum
He said it used to be a friend and a playground
Now it’s just an enemy to overcome
Like this rust belt brand of fatalism
In these withered old factory towns
The good times never last
They come and go fast
Drink hard and keep the bad news down


That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids
Keep a safe distance and try to steer into the skids
That’s the way it is for the cold weather kids

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released January 19, 2024
Written, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by Tod Weidner.

Guitar and vocals recorded live in one pass into an Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina condenser mic, in Jack Piatt's living room, Ojai, CA, 12/21/23.

MIDI piano recorded the next day on my laptop at my favorite table at Ojai Coffee Roasting Co., Ojai, CA. What a world.

©2024 Tod Weidner (Afterbirth of the Cool / ASCAP)
Artwork by Tod Weidner

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Tod Weidner Ojai, California

One of those singer/songwriter types your mama warned you about, Tod Weidner has embarked upon a long awaited solo career after decades as a fixture on the Ohio music scene. Tod founded and led Dayton mainstays Shrug and was a member of Motel Beds and many other notable groups, to boot. He serves up songs with the ragged, passionate musical heart of a rocker and the wordsmithery of a Beat poet. ... more

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