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Do you have a favorite terribly depressing Christmas song?


I surely do - - Dwight Yoakam's "Come On Christmas"

this song, immediately in my first hearing, became one of my top Christmas songs to go to --

it's such a downer but Dwight makes me feel great about it all

(if you don't listen [shame on you], at least check out the lyrics.

:)

EDIT: GREAT trumpet parts in here, too



Come on Christmas
Please take me away
Keep me hidden safe
'Til January's second day
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

I'll wrap myself up in the cheer
That's so abundant
This time of year
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

Instrumental

Even though it's just September
I can forget to remember
All the empty nights
Still in my way

Come on Christmas
Embrace me with some joy
'Til the last few lonely moments
Of this year have been destroyed
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

I'll just let visions of the season
Blind these worn-out sights
Still in my mind
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

Come on Christmas...

  
 
 
 
 



Posted - December 13, 2019
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  • 23662
    I've not heard this before -- my, I like the opening instrumental part! Sort of quietly "cooks" along. Nice.

    I have  to admit The Emotions had me at the get-go here -- I don't know what other songs of theirs I like but I know I've heard them before and have always liked their "sound."

    Thanks for sharing, bevo.
    :)
      December 16, 2019 7:54 PM MST
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  • 14795
    Im dreaming of a white Christmas.....:(    You can stick the snow where the sun don't shine....I hate feeling /being cold... :( 
      December 15, 2019 4:52 PM MST
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  • 23662
    :)
    It took me a while to get your meaning, I think -- that even singing about snow depresses you.
    :)
      December 16, 2019 7:55 PM MST
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  • 14795
    I don't like cold feet, not to mention other bits and bobs...lol
      December 16, 2019 8:06 PM MST
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  • 1152
    If I may, I think you forgot an "o" in "bobs" in your answer above...
      December 16, 2019 8:23 PM MST
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  • 14795
    My sincere apologies.....I feel a right tit now I've noticed tit two....
    You to seem quite a wit when it come two tits 


    Where do ladies go to get a proper fitting Bustin'holders ( German Word ) when in a hurry.....? 
    They go two the Quick fit tit center for their coveralls .....Hehe
      December 17, 2019 4:49 AM MST
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  • 14795
    This wonderful observation of my error defiantly deserves and Asker's pic.....and a Green Ribbon from Randy D ....the  Mugs very own tight Wad when handing them out to cuties....:( 
      December 17, 2019 4:53 AM MST
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  • 1152
      December 16, 2019 7:49 PM MST
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  • 23662
    Spinal Tap!  
    Fun!

    Even better - - i don't know if whoever made this video intended to write the lyrics out this way- - but they're singing about "Satan" but the lyrics printed on the video say "Satin." Ha!

    I like that laugh at the end of the song, too.
    :)
      December 16, 2019 8:23 PM MST
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  • I think this song is both beautiful and melancholy. 
    Artfully simple in its musical approach
    while tackling all the complexity of unraveled relationships.
    December 
    Amy Grant

    Dawn is cold and blurry
    Sunrise in the rain
    As a bird cries clearly
    Walking through the flurries
    On this Christmas Day
    You are nowhere near
    You are nowhere near, anymore

    Seasons fade and tremble
    The sun wrestles the sky
    Just like late December
    Just like you and I

    You may not remember
    Often I recall
    Love was like a song
    Looming like the winter
    Fleeting like the fall
    We have come and gone
    We have come and gone

    Seasons fade and tremble
    The sun wrestles the sky
    Just like late December
    Just like you and I
    Just like late December
    Just like you and I
      December 16, 2019 8:08 PM MST
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  • 23662
    :)
    Hey, there, Twinkle the Elf -- 

    Yes, the simplicity of the song delivery here is successful, very. Very. Never heard it before, thanks!

    And here is my favorite song by Collective Soul, also called "December" - - I'm sure you've heard it. Besides everything else about it, I love the lyrics to the song, especially "Turn your head now, baby, just spit me out." 
    And "Don't throw away your basic needs- -  ambiance and vanity."

    Great to see you, ElfieTwinkleee! :)


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at December 16, 2019 8:35 PM MST
      December 16, 2019 8:29 PM MST
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  • 34466
    Since I am batting 0 so far I will try again. 

    1. Cold tears fall from his eyes
      As he turns into the night and walks away
      Lucille runs outside
      Just to see if there might be a sleigh
      Little Bobby stares down
      At the plate where cookies still lay
      And tries to understand 
      Why momma said Santa can't stay
      Momma said Santa can't stay
      Said she told him that twice yesterday
      Then a car just like Dad's 
      Pulled out and drove away
      After mom said Santa couldn't stay
      They both heard him coming
      Saw Mom run down the hall and holler wait
      Doug you're drunk don't come inside
      I'm not joking I've had all this I can take
      He threw a present really hard
      That almost hit Mom's new boyfriend Ray
      And yelled ho-ho lucky for you she's here
      And said that Santa can't stay
      Momma said Santa can't stay
      Said she told him that twice yesterday
      Then a car just like Dad's 
      Pulled out and drove away
      After mom said Santa couldn't stay
      December 17, 2019 4:30 AM MST
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  • 23662
    YES!
    Ha!
    There we go, ha!

    This is a favorite album for me and I really like this song, too!
    :)

    Maybe I just posted too many ha's and smiley faces related to such a hard song. Yet, Dwight's song here -- talk about an "in your face" song that I criticized Schultz for, ha! Rather hypocritical of me though I have no trouble admitting that-- I believe all people are hypocrites in one way or another.
    :)

    I'll eventually get to that other song you posted, too.



    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at December 17, 2019 9:04 AM MST
      December 17, 2019 7:57 AM MST
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