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Angels
02:37
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Angels
I was walking through the park last night the moon
Was out and birds a kind I’d never seen before
Clouds came rolling in surrounding us like army men
Then I heard a sound hard to ignore
Angels we have heard on high
From a lady and her violin
Just then I felt a funny feeling on my nose and I looked
Up to see snowflakes everywhere
Seemed like we were in a snow globe and time had
Stopped and I felt so unprepared
Angels we have heard on high
And I started to cry
I thought about my mother who died late September
How she used to sing that song
The moon came peeking out birds scattered about
And I sang along
Angels we have heard on high
Angels we have heard on high
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2. |
Christmas Down With You
03:16
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Christmas Down With You
A-boop boop boop boop boo
A-boop boop boop boop boo
I used to think Christmas
Kinda sucked a lot
But now, now, baby, it’s better with you
I used to think that
this ho-liday was for not
But now, oh now, I wanna Christmas down
With you…
A-boop boop boop boop boo
A-boop boop boop boop boo
I’ve got a list of gifts
I would-ent in years past
Used to stick my head into
A giant wine glass
Yuletide made me sigh and hide
I never liked to fake a smile
Now you give me the strength inside
To run this Christmas mile
I used to think Christmas
Kinda sucked a lot
But now, now, baby, it’s better with you
I used to think that
this ho-liday was for not
But now, oh now, I wanna Christmas down
With you…
A-boop boop boop boop boo
A-boop boop boop boop boo
I’m still a grinch inside
But
also you make me happy
Even in high pressure high chaos family situations
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I used to think Christmas
Kinda sucked a lot
But now, now, baby, it’s better with you
I used to think that
this ho-liday was for not
But now, oh now, I wanna Christmas down
I wanna Christmas down
I wanna Christmas down
With you
A-boop boop boop boop boo
A-boop boop boop boop boo
A-boop boop boop with you
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3. |
Sweet Canadian Home
04:11
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Sweet Canadian Home
Driving through the mesmerizing snow
To the border into Canada
The trunk is full of presents for the kids
I’ve got Play-Do and a Slinky
But I can’t see where I’m going
Because of all the snowing
Sweet country home
Sweet Canadian country home
Listening to Dolly on the radio
Singing heartbreak and of home
It’s been almost eight years in the states
Thought I’d never find my way back
But I can’t be sure of anything
Except this load I’ve been carrying
Sweet country home
Sweet Canadian country home
I’ve got all my clothes here in the back seat
With the roller skates and my cat
No one knows I’m coming up for Christmas
I’m like Santa Claus in a Subaru
But I’m feeling kind of nervous
To suddenly resurface
Sweet country home
Sweet Canadian country home
Sweet Canadian country home
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4. |
Blue Christmas
03:18
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5. |
Pacific Christmas
03:25
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Pacific Christmas
I picked up a loaner drove down to Tacoma
Tried to find that house we used to own
Cracks all through the ceiling posters of New Zealand
Somehow still we called that wreck a home
Remembering that Christmas your sister still lived with us
We tried to make the best of a shitty hand
Homemade decorations Mary’s affectations
Didn’t know how much we could withstand
Just another rainy Christmas
Up here in the Pacific Northwest
Driving down route five the highway you despised
You always fell asleep just as we left
Pulling off the exit feeling like a half-wit
Maybe I’m just lonely and depressed
Slowly like a robber a creep a freak a stalker
I rolled through the neighborhood then stopped
Where that house existed where we felt afflicted
There was just a barren leveled plot
(There was only grass and trees and rock)
Just another rainy Christmas
Up here in the Pacific Northwest
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6. |
I Want it All
03:15
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I want it all
I’ve always thought of Christmas as a time to
Rake it in
Hoarding gifts is a thing I like to do
I still like to do
What can I get out of everyone I love
What will they give me this year
I want it all
In a pile
It’ll make me feel better
It’ll make me smile
I want it all
The socks
The zip-ups
The boots and the chocolate caramels
I want it all
I want it all
You’d think I’d have grown out of it
But it’s only grown stronger
If I could only build a wall of things
I’d belong I’d be less longing for belongings
I could finally calm down
If I possessed all the new bright shiny things
I want it all
The orange chocolates that you bust open to eat in slivers
I want it all
Shiny books with more pictures are better for me
I want it all
A sense of lovely that grows and grows
Especially when I put them in a pile
I want it all….Ooo
I want it all….Ooo
For a second I think that just
Being with the people I love will be enough
For a second I wonder
If I could simply breathe in the beautiful gift (the wondrous unimaginably simple generosity) of being alive
But
I want it all
Material things all heaped in a pile
I want it all
This new sweater and a jumpsuit I can’t get off my mind
I want it all
Anything anything you can give me will be fine
In a giant pile that I’ll lie in and cover my face
And rest easy in the material love of this world…. I want it all
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Another Goddamned Christmas
There’s a change in the air
Leaves are all off the trees
I brought out my grandma’s quilted blanket
Winter’s coming to kill me
Really thought that I had time
Time is fickle as the weather
Seems like we were just laying on the beach
Now we’re gonna be dead forever
Release me from my burden
I’m asking for forgiveness
Can’t take the Winter weather
And another goddamned Christmas
They say that heat rises
The cat’s hiding in the attic
I’ve been staring out this frosted window
My breathing grows sporadic
Maybe if you stayed
Just until the springtime
We could build a fire in these dirty sheets
As I sing my thin rhymes
Release me from my burden
I’m asking for forgiveness
Can’t take the Winter weather
And another goddamned Christmas
Not another goddamned Christmas
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8. |
Christmas Ghost
04:24
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Christmas Ghost
Every year the Christmas ghost she visits me
And wonders how it could be another year
And wonders how it could be another year of cheer
At first I was terrified but she twirled and smiled
She said Mary Madison is my name
Merry merry Christmas
(I thought) am I insane
She shows up at midnight on Christmas Eve
Dragging across the wide pine floor
I first saw her when I was five
Her phantom glow too hard to ignore
Every year the Christmas ghost she visits me
And wonders how it could be another year
And wonders how it could be another year of cheer
Waiting by the tree with a gift for you
Wind blows in from the balcony
You’re always in your holiday dress
Is it wrong you’re my favorite family
You’ll never tell me who took your life
Mary Mary I’ll keep calling your name
Merry merry Christmas
(I’ve often thought) am I insane
When I was 10, she was there
When I was 30, she was there
Year after year
We continued this way
I’m now 80 and my see-through girl
has stayed the same… still
Every year the Christmas ghost she visits me
And wonders how it could be another year
And wonders how it could be another year of cheer
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9. |
That Christmas Glow
03:13
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That Christmas Glow
The way the wind washes through me
On these cold Winter nights
Hard to tell what I’m doing
Hiding from the satellites
I can hear this old heart pulsing
Though I’m nearly out of blood
Yesterday I was convulsing
Dodging danger from above
When the trees all lose their leaves
When I see them hanging wreaths
When the skies bring the snow
I still feel that Christmas glow
I still feel that Christmas glow
I’ve been sleeping in a Buick
Abandoned near the factory
Trying to work my way through it
But somebody’s after me
I remember being seven
Trying to sleep in my bed
Asking god a question
Waiting up so excited
When the Santas ring their bells
When the streets are full of elves
When I see that mistletoe
I still feel that Christmas glow
I still feel that Christmas glow
It’s gonna be the longest lonely winter
That’s what I get living as a sinner
Everyone I’ve ever known is gone gone gone
Some days I’m not so strong But I carry on on and on
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10. |
Arthur McBride
06:32
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11. |
Long December
05:09
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