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One More Game With Santa
05:04
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ONE MORE GAME WITH SANTA
Checkmate Santa, that’s the game
None better have I played
Of all the humans I have met
with rackets, dice or poker bets
Santa, you’ve a brilliant mind,
Close to the caliber of mine
Planning plays ten turns ahead
You’re just what they always said
Santa, one more game before you go
One red candle burnin low
The reindeer and the elves all know
You can't resist a game of wits
they’ll wait while you’re here below
one more game and I’ll let you go
The earth can be a sorry place,
but there’s one thing that makes me stay
I love these games that humans play,
Come on Santa, make my day
Rarely have I met my match
in this world of men and cats
Oh to encounter now and then an intellect, a true sportsman
Santa, one more game before you go
One green candle burnin lo
The reindeer and the elves all know
You can't resist a game of wits
they’ll wait while you’re here below
one more game and I’ll let you go
My chimney shook, I watched in interest
Santa came out checking his wrist
He said I have some extra time
Shall we play for a little while
I thank the twinkling stars above me
The one called god might even love me
Santa knew the gift I wanted
Was a night of competition
Santa, one more game before you go
One green candle burnin low
The reindeer and the elves all know
You can't resist a game of wits
they’ll wait while you’re here below
one more game and I’ll let you go
I know the gift you want the most
Is to play chess with a virtuoso
It just so happens I am one
I am the North Pole champion
The summers can be long and slow
In the far reaches of the north pole
The elves are cunning sharp and quick
They’ve taught me all manner of Strategic tricks
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The Secret Second Santa
03:58
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THE STORY OF THE SECOND SANTA
Santa back when we first met you were young and slim
400 years or so before your arthritis set in
Just a couple of kids who thought that death was for them to decide
Just a couple of kids racing flying sleighs across the velvet skies
Back then Santa, we thought that presents solved it all
400 years or so before the banks and shopping malls
Just a couple guys with a couple of sleighs piled with presents tall
Just a couple of fools who thought that gifts could bring peace to us all
Santa we were wrong
I should have known it all along
I must leave Christmas up to you
Which means only half the world gets done
Yes we were two Santas that the world assumed was one
But now there’s just one Santa cause the secret (second) Santa’s done
I’ve got weary bones like gamblers huddled round their dice
Waiting for the wind of need to blow the snake eyes twice
Santa we were wrong
I should have known it all along
I must leave Christmas up to you
This secret second Santa’s done
Santa look me in the eyes and santa tell me true
If you had it all to do again, what do you think you’d do
Santa if you could go back would you do it all the same
Would you give the people whats good for them or give them what they crave
Santa we were wrong
I should have known it all along
It’s a reckless man who thinks he may
Change the world with a flying sleigh
It’s a foolish world that thinks one could do
A job thats clearly meant for two
It’s a reckless man who thinks he may
Change the world with a flying sleigh
I must leave Christmas up to you
This secret second Santa’s through
My sleigh is shooting off into the horizon without me
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I ATE YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD
I received the letter you wrote dear
It said in a silvery script
Merry Christmas and happy new year
And you sealed it with a kiss~~~~:
I ate the envelope
I ate it in full
I tore it in pieces and mixed it into my cereal
I peeled off the stamp my dear,
And it’s become a part of me, you see
I received the card and It wasn’t too hard to eat it entirely:
I opened the card you sent
And it sung me a tune
A tinny old ditty that I thought only you and I knew
I took it apart my dear
With a longing heart, my dear
With God as my witness, It felt more like Christmas, with each paper bit that I chewed
I ate the envelope
I ate the stamp
Its a bitter card of a lonely heart bringing out this hunger I have
That’s why I ate your Christmas card
I did it for all to see
I cut out the XO and I’ll have you know that it’s hung on my Christmas tree
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Two Lost Timbers
02:36
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TWO LOST TIMBERS
Is it you sweet cedar I cant see through the fog
We’re just two lost timbers who wont ever be logs
Brush my branches as soft as dew falls
We’re just two lost timbers on our way to be logs
Hey there honey with your branches so green,
you’re all lit up like a yule tide dream
Get spruced up and we can go downtown
And run around in circles till they chop us down
Lets wander the streets we got some time to kill
When the humans walk by we just stand real still
We can place some bets on who’ll go first
on who gets cut or who gets burned
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It’s hard to miss that twinkle and the way you shine
No I’m not talking about the ornaments and lights
Even from all the way across the street
I can see the brilliant tree you’re meant to be
Get spruced up and we can go downtown
We can pretend we just met in the hotel lounge
And I’ll dance you in circles till you snap a twig
We’ll go up in flames like our parents did
The time is now cedar cant you see
Life is short for a Christmas tree
One day your a sapling reaching towards the sun
Then they cover you and light and then you’re done
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Is it you sweet cedar I cant see through the fog
We’re just two lost timbers who wont ever be logs
Brush my branches as soft as dew falls
We’re just two lost timbers on our way to be logs
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5. |
Where The Ice Doth Reign
05:56
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Ice Doth Reign
Twas in the Christmas of '09 i went on a stroll serene
to my favorite quiet place amongst the evergreens
twas there I saw a merry elf, he said, now come with me
lets travel to the farthest north where the ice doth reign supreme
I was so dazzled and enthralled and I gave him my hand
and we flew like comets through the sky
to the strangest wintery land
the horns did blow as we approached, a carpet was unfurled
the ice flies buzzed and the snow seals barked and the icy wind mills whirled
The merry elf with a cheeky smile, said, come in and have some tea
for we have reached the farthest north where the ice doth reign supreme
and we walked inside his warm abode where he put the kettle on
And there I saw the strangest sight, steam shaped like pentagons
The elf said make yourself at home, theres a tv and croquet (some clay)
Or rest like a guest on the west guest bed, the one with the silk duvet
He handed me the finest teacup I had ever seen
And as I sipped I felt such bliss that I fell down to sleep
When I awoke I was outside, the elves were gathered round me
They held each other’s little hands and danced round fervently
The song they sang was old and wild, the words I did not know
The ice flutes played and the snow seals sang and the sun set o’er the snow
Slowly then a ball of light descended from the sky
And a lowly lowly a deep voice said now the time is nigh
You are the new anointed one, the next bold santa claus
And I looked up and there was a seal with a green wreath in his paws
He said, my child, now kneel before the magic wreath of old
Your fate will be forever more entwined with green and gold
The sacred wreath I now bestow upon your lucky brow
You have been blessed to walk the path of Santa starting now
I felt my life flash before my eyes, humble tho it may be
My small business making scented candles and pottourri
I’d miss my husband and my child I’d miss my little home
So I looked the great seal in the eye and then I told him no
I will not be your santa claus you must find someone else
For though my life may seem quite small I love it above all else
The elves looked round in fear and shock for they had never known
A Santa crowned, who’d stood her ground, and told their master no
Now I sit beside my hearth, & look out at the evergreens
Sipping tea from the finest teacup I have ever seen
My home is filled with wondrous smells of candles and potpourri
And I thank my lucky stars I’m not where the ice doth reign supreme
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Haircut on Christmas Eve
03:02
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Haircut on Christmas
I went for a haircut on Christmas Eve
I needed a haircut like you won’t believe
I left in my trousers, my coat and my boots
I followed my typical morning commute
The salon was located not far away
I trudged in excitement for what I can’t say
I had no particular haircut in mind
I wanted the hairdresser, Anne to decide
My haircut on Christmas
Haircut on Christmas
Haircut on Christmas EVE
I am a old woman with looooong hair
I’ve seen people shiver and try not to stare
But I was a beauty, I swear, in my day
The rose in my cheek has long withered away
And what am I left with when that was my pride
Not reading or writing or being so kind
My body’s a shell and so is my mind
But Anne is a genius I’ll let her decide
My haircut on Christmas
Haircut on Christmas
Haircut on Christmas EVE
There I stood in the stillness of soft-fallen snow
I saw my reflection there in the window
I am not what I pictured oh I’m not what I thought
I’m almost as filmsy transparent as fog
My hair falls like water and snakes through the air
The salon is closed so I’ll wait one more year
It’s time now to rest till I wake from this dream
As dusk falls next Christmas Eve I’ll try again
For a haircut on Christmas
Haircut on Christmas
Haircut on Christmas Eve
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7. |
Santa, You've Changed
03:12
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SANTA, YOU’VE CHANGED
Santa, You’ve changed
In a thousand years one man cannot stay the same
And that’s okay
Take a week take what you need
Take a day just to get away
Take your time Santa, it’s alright
It’s your life Santa it’s your life
Mrs Claus will understand
In a thousand years, she knows when somethings wrong with her man
Santa make a plan
Yes Dear, I’ve Changed
old ways lose their thrill, old sleighs freeze and chill
Yes, I’ve Changed
I no longer love the sight of my coat of red and white
When you’re in charge I know its so hard
To step away even just for a day
The elves are quite competent they’ll be okay
They’ll take care of everything while you’re away
Take a week, just take what you need
Take a day just get away
Take your time , Santa, it’s alright
You’ll be so much happier at Christmas time if you
Take a week, take what you need
Take a day just to get away
Take your time santa, it’s alright
It’s your life Santa it’s your life
Santa, you’ve changed
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THE MARCH OF THE CHRISTMAS TREES
The Christmas trees came marching from the mountainside
Speaking in strange tongues
A deep wooden chorus arose from their ranks
The time of tinsel and toil had come
From their perches upon the highest boughs
The eagles spread their wings to fly
The sunlight through the branches dappled the ground
The cold roots knew the time was nigh
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The Christmas trees came marching through the city streets
And the people stopped and stared
Some of them cried out and fell to their knees
Christmas time was truly here
From the tops of the tallest office buildings
From the suburbs to the subway trains
The ground shook as they marched onward
To do their duty of the season
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Trees that shelter trees that bind the soil to the sands of time
Here to offer up their branches marching as the cold advances
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The Christmas Queen
04:49
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THE CHRISTMAS QUEEN
we came out of a silver bell we came with a tale to tell
the icicle wind whispers snow tales, saying I was sent to the stars to find cold spells
in my dreams I see a pearly seat, the throne of a Christmas queen, was it only a dream?
in a flash of clarity, I hear the carolers sing for me am I more than I seem?
We sailed in a sleigh with my mind for a bell and the sound rang all through where the cold dwells
Our sleigh is as light as an eggshell and the stars say 'how do you do mademoiselle?'
In my dreams I see the ice towers gleam, the court of the Christmas queen, was it only a dream
in the dark recesses of my memory, I hear the wind through the holly trees was it only a dream
Was it only a dream? ...or was I once the Christmas Queen. Was it all just a dream? Can one season be my everything? so strange it must be true; it seems the seams of time have come unglued. i once ruled over a vast land with a candy cane scepter in my right hand. Where the people were merry and warm in their sweaters, and the glittering snow fell at my command. Whatever Santa did, I could do better, I’d send gifts post haste all across the land. And the elves in their caps with their capes and their feathers would fly to my side in all kinds of weather. The snowmen so tall, with their noses of carrot, would smile and wink if you happened to stare at them. Kind wooly mammoths would bring me my tea, balanced on their trunks so carefully. Oh yes I was the Christmas queen, sailing my glittering icy domain, singing the Christmas queen’s refrain. Lalalalalalalalalala………./……>>>>>>>>____~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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10. |
Flour Factory
02:54
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Flour Factory
Four gray walls
and ten tall towers
I could see the lights of town
all red and green
and twinkling
A cold night in Knoxville
Stair after stair, where dust was everywhere
1,2,3,4
5 seconds of silence
1,2,3,4
seconds I was alright with
There was a buzzing in your ears
You were by the heater
The reason that you came here
Then we climbed the fire escape
To that special place
that looks like an empty swimming pool
Stair after stair cold metal and a broken lawn chair
1,2,3,4
5 seconds of silence
1,2,3,4
seconds I was alright with
You could stay in
But then you’d miss it
Looking down at the lights of town
All red and green
And twinkling
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