"December Songs" was written as a commissioned piece for the 1991 centennial celebration of New York's Carnegie Hall, where it was originally performed by Andrea Marcovicci.
From the icy bridge I hear the river
Flowing out beyond the open bay
Deep beneath the waves a voice is calling
Come down to me, it seems to say?
I will understand your frozen journey
In the bends and elbows of my flow
Come to me and be my close companion
We?ll be as one
In what we know
What we know?
People will be born
People will die
As before you were born
And long after you?
Young ones will find love
Hand will find hand
We will flow, with no end
On and on?on and, on?
River calling, ?Come join my journey.
I will ease your burden,
I will be your rest.?
River calling, ?Come be my lover.
I will bring you freedom
Flow along with me to the sea.?
She sings to me
She sings to me
?See the snowflakes melting on my surface
As I softly lap against the shore.
Take a step and come to me my darling
Here in my arms
You?ll cry no more
Cry no more??