From the recording Acoustic Remedy
Music and Lyrics by Johnny Schaefer
Lyrics
Your Sweater feat. Sara Shakliyan-Mendes
This is another song I wrote in college, but I reworked it extensively for this album. It hints at romantic love, but it actually came from my experience as a child. My parents divorced and when my Mom left I used to go into her room and smell her sweaters. I was a way of connecting to her-that scent brought back a flood of good memories. The song evolved from there. I am honored to have Dr. Sara Shakliyan-Mendes playing with me on this. I'm sure such an intimate song won't be for everyone. But I couldn't leave it off this record.
You left your sweater here
the one with all the colors
the one that makes me glad it's winter time
I know it inside out
I know its every snag
I must've read that stupid tag
a thousand times
and you know what they say
'bout "it's a cold, cold world,
it'll freeze you if you let it"
But there's warmth here in these arms unfurled
Why don't you come back and get it?
You left your sweater here
the one that makes me shiver
the one that wraps me up and ties me down
Your sweater keeps me warm
no fire holds a candle to it
but only when you're wearin' it
I hold your sweater to me
bury my face
smothering in your scent and
imagining your gaze
while in my head, the most impressive music plays
and plays
I get a nervous cough
when you take your sweater off
because I'm not sure what it means
Your sweater looks so good
You really should be proud
You fill it up with love
it's empty now
you left
but your sweater's here
©1985, 2013 Johnny Schaefer, Auditory Verve Music, ASCAP