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Santa Claus is Everywhere (written by Jimmy Cowan)
Don’t listen to those children when they gossip and persist
That our beloved Santa doesn’t actually exist
They just don’t understand and now they’re on his list
Oh Santa Claus is everywhere
He’s the feeling that you get as the sun rises from the sea
He’s inside our bones he's in every breath that we breathe
He’s in the soul of you he’s in the soul of me
Oh Santa Claus is everywhere
When you feel down low and beat up
And desperation’s oozing from your pores
Take a deep breath and think about
All the things you're grateful for
Like a special gift from ol’ St. Nick
You’ll forget what the trouble was
It’s a year round Christmas trick
Courtesy of Santa Claus
He’ll make your dreams come true if you’re feelin’ blue
Santa’s right there by your side
Believing’s all ya gotta do
Oh what fun it is to ride
When your nights are dark and your days are cold
And you're down to your last straw
Write a letter with every single wish
And send it off to Santa Claus
So don’t listen to those kids when they tell you to grow up
Trust what’s in your heart that will be enough
Shout out Ho, Ho, Ho like you haven’t got a care
Cause Santa Claus is everywhere
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UFO
04:41
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UFO (written by Jack Bashwiner)
It’s a Saturday night and Santa’s on the town
And the elves just had another round
Cause every time that Santa buys
It’s reindeer games across the sky
Sledding with Santa on a Saturday night
Reindeer all Blitzen with the Vixen
Internet lights up with alien apparitions
Is that a UFO or just strange weather conditions
UFO Christmas
UFO biddily bop Christmas
Comet and Cupid are in the news
Cause Santa’s wearing his dancin’ shoes
But we all know the deal Santa and his flyin’ team are real
Santa and his elves are just out on the town
And they’re drivin’ that rockin’ sled around
UFO Christmas
UFO biddily bop Christmas
Even the President caught a fright
When he spied something’ flyin’ round the White House last night
He said “What’s that crazy flyin’ scene?
Alien reindeer in my dreams”
UFOs sightings fill the sky
Every time Santa’s crew comes by
Everyone’s getting hip to his trip
Rocking all over this town
Everybody sleddin’, bippidy bop
And Rocking all over this town
UFO Christmas
UFO biddily bop Christmas
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Christmas Angel
03:55
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Christmas Angel (written by Jimmy Cowan)
Oh that pretty little angel on top of that Christmas tree
She’s been looking over us for all these years
She spends months inside a box but her light always shines
When she takes her place of honor at Christmas time
She was there way back when it was just me and your ma
Making it all up as we went along
Exchanging love exchanging hurt like they was Christmas gifts
Christmas angel saw devotion and deception like they was working shifts
Pretty Christmas angel saw your Aunt Peg wet herself
Thanks to an off color joke and Harvey’s Bristol Cream
That pretty Christmas angle once stayed up till Valentine’s Day
I didn’t have the heart to take her down after Peg passed away
That pretty little angel was there for your first Christmas
And I think back on it now I kinda feel like you recued me
Cause when I looked into your eyes something clicked inside my soul
And you pulled me up out of a deep dark hole
Now that pretty Christmas angel
You know she’s seen the years come and go
Some things changed some have grown some are just frozen in time
Now me and your ma we’re still a work in progress
One step up and one step back
You see love’s a lot like that
Now this year there’s a pretty Christmas angel
Underneath the Christmas tree
It’s a gift for you for your new home from your mom and me
We both hate to see you go and you know your ma is sure to cry
And before this night is over so will I
Well it’s like your Aunt Peg used to say
The more things change the more they stay the same
And so it’s back to being just me and your mom
So let’s all raise a glass of Harvey’s Bristol Cream
To all the things that pretty little angel’s seen
That pretty little angel up on top of the Christmas tree
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Coming To Your House
02:40
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Coming to Your House (written by Jack Bashwiner)
Calling all kids all around the world
From one to one hundred and five
Gonna celebrate the birthday of an old friend of mine
But I’m a-comin’ I’m a-comin’ to your house to your house
I’ll be stopping by then l gotta to fly
Yes I’m coming to your house tonight
Gonna touch my nose and point my toes
And come down the chimney with care
I’ll bring toys galore so you won’t want more
Till I come again next year
But I’m a-comin’ I’m a-comin’ to your house to your house
I’ll be stopping by then l gotta to fly
Yes I’m coming to your house tonight
With all this magic it would be tragic
If I didn’t stop for some cheer
And share a kiss and some mistletoe
With your mother like I did last year
Comin’ I’m a-comin’ to your house to your house
I’ll be stopping by then l gotta to fly
Yes I’m coming to your house tonight
Calling all kids all around the world
Up all night and nosy
Your sleepy eyes will tell you lies
When this old elf gets cozy
I’m a-comin’ I’m a-comin’ down the chimney at your house
I know the way down in every house in town
Yes I’m coming to see you tonight
With all this magic it would be tragic
If I didn’t stay for some cheer
And share a kiss and some mistletoe
With your mother like I did last year
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5. |
Almost Christmas Time
04:07
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Almost Christmas Time (written by Jimmy Cowan)
I’ve been counting the days
Since the trees lost the leaves
I got no money to count
But that don’t bother me
Cause I got Nat King Cole
On the 8-track deck
And I’ll be decking the halls
With my government check
O Holy Night
Chase my pain away
She’s off with some other sap
But I don’t give a crap
Cause its almost Christmas time
Now my baby left me
On Thanksgiving day
Her note says she hates me
But that’s OK
I’m better off without her
Her and alla her shoes
And if I drink enough eggnog
I might believe that’s true
Silent Night
Chase my pain away
Now she’s off with another man
But I don’t give a damn
Cause its almost Christmas time
Hark the angels sing
Chase my pain away
It’s not quite the way I planned
But I don’t give a damn
Cause its almost Christmas time
Don’t care that she dropped a bomb
I’ve got my tannenbaum
And it’s almost Christmas time
She’s off with a stranger
I’m away in a manger
And it’s almost Christmas time
I’ll turn up the Christmas Song
So I can sing along
Cause its almost Christmas time
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Bells Of Christmas
03:40
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Bells of Christmas (written by Jack Bashwiner)
Christmas trees dressed in gold green and perfect
And the snow makes a blanket of white
Stars glitter above
And our hearts find the love
That for most of the year has gone missing
It's a time for some quiet reflection
To give thanks for our families and friends
And remember the others sisters and brothers
And wash the blood from our hands
Christmas angels better angels of our hearts and our dreams
Send a message of hope and redemption
if one heart can listen if one spirit can sing
Let the bells of Christmas ring
Can a world lost to anger and madness
Hear the gift that the season can bring
Giving peace to all children their fathers their mothers
Let the bells of Christmas ring
Let the steeples stand tall against darkness and fear
Let the bells of Christmas ring
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Johnny Hates Christmas
02:29
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Johnny Hates Christmas (written by Jimmy Cowan)
Johnny’s hated Christmas since he’s nine-years-old
When his sister got a doll and he got a lump of coal
Johnny hated doing as he was told
Yeah Johnny got coal, Johnny got coal
Oh Johnny hates Christmas
Johnny hated Christmas in Vietnam
And he was put up for adoption by his dad and mom
Johnny ain’t been the same since both of those
Yeah Johnny got sold, Johnny got sold
Oh Johnny hates Christmas
And Johnny he can’t wait till Boxing Day
And all the Merry Christmases fade way
Johnny’s eats at the diner every day at five
Cause the girl that works the counter looks at him and smiled
And the sign on the door says open Christmas Eve
And Johnny’s gonna go, Johnny’s gonna go
Oh Johnny’s gonna go
Cause this year Johnny’s had a change of heart
And maybe saying Merry Christmas ain’t so hard
Johnny hates Christmas
Merry, Merry Christmas
Johnny hates Christmas
Merry, Merry Christmas
Oh Johnny hates Christmas
Oh Merry, Merry Christmas
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh Johnny hates Christmas
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Hard Times in Toyland
04:30
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Hard Times in Toyland (written by Jack Bashwiner)
Snowflakes are falling my friends
And the old elves have loaded up the sleigh
And when we fly with Santa across the winter skies
It’s pink slips in the workshop again
The work’s all in China and all the magic gone
The delivery jobs are all with Amazon
And ice tracks are melting all across the northern towns
It’s dark days for sled teams again
Well it’s hard times in Toyland my friends
And Santa is drinking again
Mrs. Claus is staring in Hallmark movies in LA
There’s just no reason for us to stay
I found Dasher in a bar in New Orleans
Working summers on the rigs to feed the fawns back home
He said Prancer is a dancer in a club in San Antone
Just trying to make hay on his own
All the rich folks down South don’t need magic
And the kids grow up way too fast
They don’t hear the hoof beats on the rooftops these days
So the spirit and the jobs fade away
Well it’s hard times in Toyland my friends
All the elves are locked up again
The candy canes and the whiskey don’t take the pain away
There’s just no reason for us to stay
The last time I saw Rudolph was in Boston
Where his red nose won’t give him away
He said it was hard to get by all alone everyday
But he needed the work anyway
Well it’s hard times in Toyland my friends
And the sparkle may be gone from our eyes
But when Christmas time comes we’ll go home for one more run
Brothers ‘til it all fades away
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The Yuletide Vibe
07:01
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The Yuletide Vibe (written by Jack Bashwiner and Jimmy Cowan)
Not a snowflake in site
On this cold winter's night
There are car horns not sleigh bells
Calling out In the distance
Problems my problems
Round my neck like a stone
Drift away like embers
To burn out on their own
It’s the Yuletide Vibe
That makes everything alright
Feel it by the fire
It’s the Yuletide Vibe
Winter thunder knocks once then twice
And finds us here, all naughty and nice
Lightning bright like Christmas lights
Shows us the way to go
Worry oh worry
Shackled me in chains
Now they fall away like shadows
Not a link remains
The Yuletide Vibe
It makes darkness bright
Oh feel it here tonight
It’s the Yuletide Vibe
Oh love my love
Oh she surrounds me
Wraps me in her arms
And sets me free
It’s the Yuletide Vibe
In the city at Christmas time
As we share quiet moments
Side by side
It's the Yuletide Vibe
That makes my darkness bright
In your arms tonight
The Yuletide Vibe
It's the Yuletide Vibe
That makes everything alright
Feel it by the fire
The Yuletide Vibe
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Midnight Mess Verona, New Jersey
Debuting in 2021, Midnight Mess is an original Christmas music project by New Jersey musicians, Jack Bashwiner and Jimmy Cowan.
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