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Not Christmas Eve
04:18
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Not Christmas Eve
She wakes me up in the middle of the night
As though her body is on fire
I dab her forehead with a yellow washcloth
Hoping to bring down the fever
Ten thousand tablets too many treatments
Lord what can a body bear
I know her mother out in Colorado
Doesn’t much worry anymore
Hand on my heart heart on my sleeve
One day I think I’ll need to leave… but not Christmas eve
Tired and shaky hands always blistered
Living with my sister in Duluth
Our grandfather built with his two hands
This simple house where we lay
Finally sleeping like she’s an angel
I hold my daughter snow starts to fall
I think of her mother vows we’ve spoken
How I always knew it wouldn’t last
Hand on my heart heart on my sleeve
One day I think I’ll need to leave… but not Christmas eve
Outside lights are blinking Santa’s on the roof
Plastic reindeer fell to the ground what can I do
I spent my severance check on an oxygen machine
Maybe I’ll wrap it while she dreams… so serene
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2. |
Christmas Whine
03:41
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Christmas Whine
This Christmas I’ll be talking on the phone
This Christmas I’ll be all alone
I’ve got a girlfriend living way out west
Some days it’s hard to catch my breath
This Christmas I’ll be staring at a screen
This Christmas I want a vaccine
I need a portal so I can move through space
And kiss my girlfriend’s face
I know so many have it worse than me
I’m never hungry feels like I have plenty
Still in this strange year I moan and pine
I need to spill some Christmas whine
This Christmas I won’t see any aunts
This Christmas I won’t wear any pants
There’s be no mistletoe no lights no tree
Nobody here but me
This Christmas won’t be with anyone
This Christmas I’ll be typing with my thumbs
I know my girlfriend she’s lonely too
Maybe we’ll meet up on Zoom
I know so many have it worse than me
I’m never hungry feels like I have plenty
Still in this strange year I moan and pine
I need to spill some Christmas whine
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3. |
This Corona Christmas
04:00
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This Corona Christmas
This time last year
We were flying through the air
Heading back to Boston for the holidays
Now we need to stay
String of lights on a cactus
Drinking eggnog to distract us
Vultures in the sky what an omen
There’ll be no snowmen
What a freaky year
Feels like we disappeared
They’re gonna miss us
This Corona Christmas
This time last year
We were walking on the pier
Laughing as snow began to fall
Out on the sea wall
Wandering in the desert
Sweating through my t-shirt
Wondering if the presents will arrive
I think my mother cried
What a freaky year
Everything’s so weird
We’re lost and listless
This Corona Christmas
I remember as a kid all the sweet things that we did
Waking up in the morning opening our stockings
What a freaky year
Living in this fear
And bearing witness to
This Corona Christmas
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Staying Home
02:30
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Staying Home
Hello Christmas God it’s been a year
Things have twisted time is moving weird
Looks like I’ll be staying home
For the holidays
I was thinking I could see my mom
Feels like she won’t be here long
Next week I’ll need to
Put my cat down
At least there’s snow
on the ground
These are the days I miss my wife
Try to reevaluate my life
It gets so freaky it’s amusing
I thought I knew what I was doing
Now my reality is blurring
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5. |
It's Christmas Eve
03:16
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It’s Christmas Eve
Tell me a secret that nobody knows
I’ll watch the window hoping it snows
It’s been so long since I’ve had a tree
Tonight it’s Christmas eve
I’m lying down as we talk on the phone
Your voice is making me feel less alone
Frost on the window obscuring the light
It’s Christmas eve tonight
I think you love me but I can’t be sure
Maybe you’re lonely and just need a cure
I found a ring but I’m scared it won’t fit
You told me suckers were quick to commit
Snow in the trees it’s a delicate scene
Reminds me of you if you know what I mean
Why do I find it so hard to believe
Tonight it’s Christmas eve
I sent some presents just yesterday
This year I won’t be going away
Sometimes the world it just does’t feel right
It’s Christmas eve tonight
These winter nights the cold slithers in
I’m really ready for us to begin
I need you here to lay by my side
Let me know when you decide
Tonight it’s Christmas eve
It’s Christmas eve tonight
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Christmas Cheer
01:47
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Christmas Cheer
There’s a squirrel hiding in the Christmas tree
Staring so freaky at me
The cat’s holding vigil on the couch
With her nervous jittery mouth
The dog’s scratching fleas with his paws
I think that he peed on Santa Claus
I’ve been searching everywhere for my gifts
I don’t think my mother read my list
Haven’t seen my father in a while
But my sister baked a cake with a file
There’s water leaking in through the roof
And my nose is clogged from sniffing glue
I was really hoping for a punching bag
So I could swing when I feel mad
Maybe we just call it this year
No one’s feeling that Christmas cheer
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8. |
Figure Eights
02:56
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Figure Eights
You Go skating on the pond
With the light from the moon
As your parents wrap the gifts
Christmas always come too soon
You can barely remember
Your sister Heather
All the Chickens come to watch
As you carve your figure eights
Growing in that flowered dress
Somehow still it seems to late
Looking through the ice below
As your knees are growing cold
Walking home you’ll touch her grave
Wishing that she would have stayed
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burst & bloom records Maine
Burst & Bloom is a small, independent record label and book publisher based in Kittery and Bath, ME.
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