I fly sometimes Through the frozen trees In the winter woods In their robes of white Chanting silently In the winter woods Like a forest abbey choir Whispering hymns of snow and ice In Excelsis to the cold And Hosanna to the sky Hosanna And holy trees They know when I'm In the winter woods And they bid me to sing And I comply In the winter woods But I stumble in my turn Because I cannot find the words In that church of birch and pine The only word that comes to mind Is "beautiful" Like a forest abbey choir Whispering hymns of snow and ice In Excelsis to the cold And Hosanna to the sky Hosanna So quietly I sing "beautiful" in the winter woods And the trees agree They all agree In the winter woods We all agree In the winter woods Amen. Amen.