Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:59:53 +0000
"Christmas" by Blues Traveler
>From the album "A Very Special Christmas"
Transcribed by Amanda Radford
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(Lyrics added by TeddyGoodBoy)
Comes the time for Christmas, and I really have to ask
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come and carry me away
But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way
Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me
Save me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless, and everybody sings
If it's Chanukah or Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth
Peace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with
CHORUS:
La Laaaa La La La La… Laaaaaa
Comes the time for Christmas, and as you raise your Yuletide flask
There’s like this feeling that you carry, as if from every Christmas past
It’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes
And on and on your carol goes, harvesting love among your woes
I want to buy into the benevolence, and I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me
Make me know what it’s about, as the longing in me, makes me want to sing
Noel or Navidad, season celebration or just the end of the year
Christmas can mean anything, and I mean to keep its hope forever near
As if a cold and frozen soul was warmed, to love, by love’s own hand
So goes the prayer, if for a day peace on Earth, and good will to men
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At twenty below the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside
And the children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride
And how the next day they’ll get up and they will play, in the still falling Christmas snow
And together we’ll celebrate forever, in defiance of the winds that blow
My God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven, and the Spirit calls to me as well
As if Christmas, had made the winter warmer, made a paradise from what was Hell
As if a cold and frozen soul is warmed, to love, by love’s own hand
So goes the prayer, if for a day peace on Earth, and good will to men
Mixed Verses
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
Twenty below, the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside…
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
The children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
It’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle…
My God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven…
And on and on your carol grows, harvesting love among your woes
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
Save me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless…
Oh Chanukah Oh Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth…
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…
La Laaaa La La La La, La La La La La La La La, La La…
Peace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way
Hark! The Herald Angels sing Glory to the newborn King
Mix in other verses Mix in other verses
Peace on Earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled
Mix in other verses Mix in other verses
Hark! The Herald Angels sing Glory to the newborn King
Mix in other verses Mix in other verses
Peace on Earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled
Mix in other verses Mix in other verses
OUTRO
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away
And I'll keep waiting through next May, until Christmas comes my way
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