On the way back to Grandma's house
we turned off by a bridge and
walked down to the lake
where Cousin Jimmy said
"Stomp your boot down cousin!"
I said "What?"
He said "Stomp your boot down on the ice...
just do it!"
So I stomped my foot down on the ice
Then way out in the lake
from under the ice
came a sound I'd never heard before
It sounded something like "dongk"
Then a few seconds later from even
further out you could hear "dongk, dongk"
and Jimmy looked at me and laughed
and took out running over the lake,
jumped high in the air and came down
sliding on his shoes
and pretty soon we were both out there running
jumpin' and slidin', slippin' and fallin'
and pushin' each other down and
rollin' around in the snow on the ice

All alone in our own winter scene
like one of them shake-up snowflake things
there's snow on the ice water below so cold
STOMP 'YER BOOT DOWN COUSIN!
Take a Walk on Lake George
Walk on Lake George

Snowflakes floating in the air
everywhere there's snow gentle, soft and deep
and walkin' on that lake that night
it was just young Jimmy and me
walkin' in silence, a magical quiet
everything so still, a delicate hush

And Jimmy turned to me and
said "This is Indiana" and I said yes

And for the very first time in a long, long time
in my life I really felt that
everything with the world was all right

Beaten down by modern city living violence
We got a dose of soothing silent
snow on the ice
water below so cold
STOMP 'YER BOOT DOWN COUSIN!
Take a walk on Lake George
Take a walk on Lake George
In the snow
beautiful
wonderful
magical snow
a miracle of snow
Hey Cousin Jimmy
Do you remember Cousin Jimmy
the magical night
the night we walked on Lake George?

All songs ©1996 by Rabbit Songs BMI