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Christmas Inspirations

by Dolores Dagenais

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A Small Beginning I was an Innkeepers Daughter And I gave refugees shelter On the ground in the barn of my father A bed of hay A tankard of water to drink I rocked a cradle in Bethlehem One star the only light there The only song The lowing of livestock A lonely song A small beginning for a king Sleep child Don’t weep now There’s time for that when you’re grown There’s time enough when you’re older And everything’s known I watched as Mary held him Like she knew right then the end His only path hard and sharp things A lonely path A small beginning for a king Sleep child Don’t weep now There’s time for that when you’re grown There’s time enough when you’re older And everything’s known I was an Innkeepers Daughter And I gave refugees shelter On the ground in the barn of my father A bed of hay A tankard of water to drink Sleep child Don’t weep now Copyright D.Dagenais 2011
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We’re having a fiesta A Christmas Mexi-Casa We’re eating taco grande And jalapeño candy And you can cucaracha All through the hacienda We’re having a fiesta A Christmas Mexi-Casa La la la Hey Hey Hey Feliz Navidad 9 day of Novena Until its Noche Buena We’re having margaritas All the s señoritas And dancing the flamenco Everywhere that we go We’re having a fiesta A Christmas Mexi-Casa La la la Hey Hey Hey Feliz Navidad Let’s go south of the border Where the suns a little hotter And we won’t come back till next year And they we might not bother Sipping our Cuervo Under our sombreros We’re having a fiesta A Christmas Mexi-Casa La la la Hey Hey Hey Feliz Navidad We’re having a fiesta A Christmas Mexi-Casa La la la Hey Hey Hey Feliz Navidad Copyright D.Dagenais 2011
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Angels are for Everyday It use to sit on the window sill All through the year With its wings and it’s chipped up face And I use to ask her When we’d put it up again At the top of the tree It could smile down at me She’d say Angels are for everyday It’s August but why wait You can never tell what life will bring If you want to sing that carol Then just sing it anytime When she was gone It came to belong To me in a box of things Pictures and frames and books without names Full of the things she’d think Things like... Angels are for everyday It’s August but why wait You can never tell what life will bring If you want to sing that carol Then just sing it anytime Now it sits on my window sill Throughout the year Watching the sun and rain And it gathers some dust Like everything must But it helps to relieve the pain That... Angels are for everyday It’s August but why wait You can never tell what life will bring If you want to sing that carol Then just sing it anytime Copyright D. Dagenais 2011
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I know I said I wouldn’t write I’m sorry if I wrecked your night It’s been awhile since you’ve been here I can only wonder where you disappeared You use to be my favourite friend I waited for you at the end of every year I ever spent Now I’m getting old I wonder where you went Oh innocence When I believed That men in red suit Magic-ed down chimney flues And married women with kind faces I believed That deer could fly And no one ever really died And men in red suits fit in fireplaces I know I said I don’t believe But there are times that’s all I need To know that there is more to life Than going thru the motions like an exercise It use to be my favourite time Before the nickels and the dimes Meant more to me than feeling good I’d like to get it back and I think I could Oh innocence If I believed in men in red suits Strongly and without dispute Maybe I could change this place in Inside myself that somehow died When childhood got set aside Men in red suits became faceless So I hope you’re doing well I haven’t been as you can tell I like to tell you thank you for All the things you gave me when I was a girl Though I know you don’t exist I believe that writing this Is helping me to get it back All innocence I lost and now I lack Oh innocence If I believed in men in red suits Strongly and without dispute Maybe I could change this place in Inside myself that somehow died When childhood got set aside Men in red suits became faceless Copyright D.Dagenais 2011
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Christmas Without Me Oh you, you call me Christmas Eve Say you’re sitting by your family tree Oh you Kids have gone to bed And the wife is out at some charity gig Oh you Say you had to hear my voice You had to call you didn’t have a choice Oh you I listen silently then I whisper Have a merry Christmas without me Yeah I should have a home I should have a love I can call my own Oh you derail me once again And I’m so naive I know you’re not my friend Oh you Are the last thing that I need So baby have a merry Christmas without me Oh you...Go quiet on the line You thought you had it made Thought I’d fall in line Oh you Got it wrong this time I’m better off without you on my mind Oh you Are the last thing that I need So baby have a merry Christmas without me Oh... Copyright D.Dagenais 2011
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Cold 03:20
Cold Cold it’s so cold then it snows and I’m freezing Cold it’s so cold Christmas Eve and you’re leaving I could say that I don’t mind but I do You’re out the door you don’t look back and it’s true That you are cold Cold you’re so cold my lips turn blue when you kiss me Cold it’s so cold you never say that you miss me 364 other nights to spend You fly around the world because Everyone depends on you But you’re cold you’re so cold You work so hard I never see you Cold it’s so cold I don’t believe I’d like to be you Everyone looks up to you as a jolly little elf I know the workaholic truth that you’ve never been yourself Except with me Cold it’s so cold Here’s your coat don’t forget your hat Cold it’s so cold Yes I’ll be here wherever you get back I’ll be by the fireside and I’ll bring it to a roar So I think it might be best if you come in by the door And close it fast Because it’s cold Cold it’s so cold Cold
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Two Hours In Line Let’s decorate our petroleum trees With these plastic bobbles these chains of greed The very same things that make it pretty Are the very same things that are killing the city Where Jesus was born Let’s head down to the local mall In the Christmas traffic That slithers and crawls Through a city that’s made of smoke We scowl at each other Until we choke Two hours in line To buy what we can buy On plastic cards that bind Better than chains Two hours in line Another Visa slip to sign It’s the Devils game Does that make you happy? Oh we’re so happy So we take our faded spoils With the bright green garlands Of modified oil And we won’t notice the rain coming in The cracks in the walls that are paper thin We confess to the local priest With his hands that wander His eyes like a thief who says it’s all for charity Puts his hand in your pocket But it’s all for greed Two hours in line To find what we need to find Plastic idols that remind us Better than chains Two hours in line Another bell another chime It’s a losing game Does that make you happy? Oh we’re so happy Last night I watched the news With the bombs and the babies and the people abused And I’m not sure what it’s all about But it would be nice if peace broke out Two hours in line A broken jaw a broken sign A politicians joke and mime Better than chains Two hours in line To say your piece And speak your mind It’s anybody’s game Does that make you happy Oh we’re so happy .
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Sad Piano 03:42
She use to play Silent Night, Silent Night He use to sing along Now these keys gather dust in the den He hasn’t played since she’s been gone Oh these holidays, they don’t mean much to him Since she’s been laid below Not peace on earth, good will to men Just a sad piano She use to go to the church on the hill He use to go along Now he only looks in at the lights Cause he knows that God is gone And Christmas Eve he drinks himself to sleep In the dark before first light He wakes to hear sweet and clear The haunting chords of Silent Night Oh this holiday This one is not the same And morning finds him gone And all that’s left are the last notes she pressed Lingering on She use to play Silent Night Copyright D. Dagenais 2011
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The snow it is falling The lights on the tree And I am sipping on rum and eggnog Just you and me On Christmas Eve The mistletoe is built for two And I am listening to Bing Crosby go Rum Pa Pa Pum The children are sleeping With dreams floating by The last of the presents are all wrapped up It’s us you and I On Christmas Eve The fireside is meant for two And crackling And I am happily in tune With Bing Crosby Rum Pa Pa Pum Baby this years been better than most So God bless the father the son and the ghost of Bing Crosby Rum Pa Pa Pum Rum Pa Pa Pum It’s late in the eveing and the candle burns low And I am slipping off to sleep now But before I go On Christmas Eve lets play it one more time I can see that he’s never sounded this fine Bing Crosby Rum Pa Pa Pum Baby this years been better than most So God bless the father the son and the ghost of Bing Crosby Rum Pa Pa Pum Rum Pa Pa Pum
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Empty Pocket 05:11
Empty Pocket Sarah watches snow begin to fly She remembers this time last year The missions were closed No place to go in broken boots and threadbare clothes Andy said... (chorus) “Never mind, we both know what it means You can sleep on the street but I’ve still got our dreams In my pocket” Andy took her underneath his wing Found her a doorway and a corner to sleep When Sarah was cold he said “Here take my coat” Generosity is not lost on those who know But Andy said... (chorus) “No one can take anything they can not see No one can take your love away from me It’s in my pocket ...In my empty pocket” Andy wandered all the way down town And no one knew his name when he was found But Sarah she dreamed of warm angel wings And a voice that said “you’ll be far away from me” It said...(chorus) “No one can take anything they can not see No one can take your love away from me It’s in my pocket In my empty pocket” Sarah watches snow begin to fly And she remembers this time last year…
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COD 04:18
Dear Santa Could you send me a ball cap? Dear Santa I’d like a train and a train track Dear Santa Last year I asked you for a brother And I got Sally. Why’d you bother? Must have got me mixed up With another Jimmy Landry If you want her back I’ll send her COD Another year goes by and then it’s Christmas time Another year goes by and then it’s Christmas time Dear Santa I got the ball and the new mitt Dear Santa I got the ice skates and they fit Dear Santa Last year I asked you about Sally Maybe we could trade her for puppy? If that’s ok then you should to write me Jimmy Landry And maybe we could send her COD A couple years go by and then it’s Christmas time A couple years go by and then it’s Christmas time Dear Santa I grew half foot this year Dear Santa A little old for this it’s clear Dear Santa My mom is making me help Sally Write you this letter it’s so silly I’m signing off Yours Insincerely Jimmy Landry I wish that I could send her COD A few more years go by and then it’s Christmas time A few more years go by and then it’s Christmas time Dear Santa I am now way too old for this Dear Santa My mother makes me babysit Dear Santa I’m only doing this for Sally To shut her up, she makes me crazy This is the last you’ll hear from me Jimmy Landry If you were real I’d send her COD 15 years go by and then it’s Christmas time 15 years go by and then it’s Christmas time Dear Sally there are some things I need to say Dear Sally and some apologies to make Dear Sally Sorry for every unkind thing For saying things I didn’t mean You can write me anytime you need Jimmy Landry In Halifax and send it COD All those years went by between Christmas times All those years went by between Christmas times All those years went by between Christmas times All those years went by between Christmas times
12.
To Every Woman and Man If i had a Christmas tree The only present under it would be Peace on earth it’s all we need Love to every woman and man If i had a Christmas song It would be easy just to sing along In Harmony thoughout the land Peace to every woman and man And if i had a Christmas prayer I’d throw it high into the air And hope it landed everywhere Joy to every woman and man Peace and love and harmony All these presents underneath my tree They add up to one mystery Joy to every woman and man Copyright D.Dagenais 2011
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Fragile Light – Copyright D.Dagenais 2009 Green mittens, black boots White beard, red suit These are some of the parts But not the heart Short bread and cold milk Children fed and lights put out These are some of the scenes But not what it means When Mary bore her child she knew where he was going and when the baby smiled how could she go on knowing there’s no shelter for a king his mother’s arms won’t save from anything fragile light fragile light white snow and red sleigh coloured lights cast a blinding glaze it’s not surprising when it fades beneath the haze when Mary bore her boy she knew about tomorrow and when the baby laughed all she felt was sorrow there’s no shelter for a king his mother’s arms won’t save from anything fragile light fragile light there’s no shelter for a king his mother’s arms won’t save from anything fragile light fragile light
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This is a story 'bout a great depression on the North Pole the caps were melting and Santa he had to let some elves go he said "Hey Joe you know it's gonna break my heart" "but these days you just can't compete with Walmart" and their low low everyday prices ooohhh.. Joe hitched a ride with a tanker out of Texas to the new world thinking he could get by on the kindness of strangers and a good word soon found he'd been a little misinformed and no one wants to hire a creepy little guy in a uniform with pointy yellow shoes. Got the laid off elf blues Joe Got the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the welfare lady told Joe what he needed was a resume with his skills and his training and his higher education a curriculum vitae Joe wrote down 20 years on a candy cane line fly a sled and stop the reindeer on a dime ...those skills aren't really needed in Texas laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues Joe got a interview went nervous in his necktie and his new shoes the boss was impressed with his cheerful manner and his attitude Joe thought it's not much but it's a start So he works 9 to 5 pushing the shopping carts saying "Welcome to Walmart...thank you for shopping" laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues the laid off elf blues (clean up on aisle 12)

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