Christmas Child lyrics - Carbon Leaf
Winter's eve is creepin' in on December first, on a cold wind
And on the pantry door hangs a calendar
Counting down the days with their little doors
And I am just a Christmas Child
I lie upon the floor by the firelight in my home
Winter's eve, December 4. The tree is up and the lights adorn
I push the cloves into a tangerine
Fetch the holly from a neighbor's tree
And I am just a Christmas Child
I lie upon the floor by the firelight in my home
And I will lie lie lie awake
I will lie awake and I will stay right here until I fade away
Three weeks til Christmas Day
Winter's eve is nearer still, the house she creaks and the wind chills
Howlin' wind but I remain safely by the lighted pane
The frost, right upon the glass
You see the treeline fade into the dark of night right on time
And I will lie lie lie awake
I will lie awake and I will stay right here until I fade away
I will lie lie lie awake
Lie lie lie awake and I will stay right here until I fade away
Two weeks til Christmas Day
And I will lie lie lie awake
I will lie awake and I will stay right here until I fade away
I will lie lie lie awake
Lie lie lie awake and I will stay right here until I fade away
I will lie lie lie awake
Lie lie lie awake and I will stay right here until I fade away
One week til Christmas Day
One week til Christmas Day
One week til Christmas Day
Red Punch / Green Punch lyrics - Carbon Leaf
Nothing says Christmas like a party out at my great aunts
Out on the front lawn, some things never change
A manger scene, wise man, and herd of sheep so fantastic
Hard covered plastic blinking in the yard
Red punch, green punch, Brach holiday mints and some peanuts
The more things stay the same you know, the more they stay the same
Red punch, green punch, silver bowl of mints and some peanuts
The great aunts of the world you know will never change their game
Figurines like memories
Ceramics pulled from the basement, fire-glazed in 1963
Silent night music box, travel back in time
When Christmas always always shines
Red punch, green punch, Brach holiday mints and some peanuts
The more things stay the same you know
The more they stay the same
Red punch, green punch, silver bowl of mints and some peanuts
The great aunts of the world you know will never change their game
The poor years, the war years, the 50s and the 60s and the born years
Christmas in the 70s and the early 80s never fade
Red punch, green punch
Never thought that I could miss it so much
The more things change, you know
I think some things should stay the same
Red punch, green punch, silver bowl of mints and some peanuts
The great aunts of the world may come and go
But they never change their game
Ice And Snow lyrics - Carbon Leaf
Ice and snow
Ice and snow falling in time
Together they mingle and freeze
Ice and show
Just like the shade and the light
It's the blinding confusion
When the two of them meet
Ice and snow
Ice and snow, weary I know
But a fortress is not a reprieve
If I could melt ice and snow
Would you believe
That I would choose not to
To keep you with me
Souls in the shadows
Arms stretched to believe
Ghosts and their messengers
Sent to receive
Slip through the grasp
With the greatest of ease
Love me, just love me
'Till I rest at ease
Ice and snow
Ice and snow when it's the worst
You get the best of them both
Ice and snow
Ice and snow inside this fortress
But cold and alone
Makes no heart worthy home
Souls in the shadows
Arms stretched to believe
Ghosts and their messengers
Sent to receive
Slip through the grasp
With the greatest of ease
Love me, just love me
'Till I rest at ease
Souls in the shadows
Ice over snow
Once in a life
Just a few more to go
The start and the end
You know nobody knows
The part of life's living
When anything goes
Ice and snow
Ice and snow falling in time
Here one day
The next day it's gone
If I could melt ice and snow
Would you believe
That I would choose not to
To keep you with me
That I would choose not to
To keep you with me
Ode To The Snow lyrics - Carbon Leaf
Snowfall requires listening
And the silence it brings is deafening
As it whispers it echoes echoes through my bones
Bury me like silent peace
These gifts they fall like ancient memories
Like voices from the past cascading down
And the stillness drifts back in like possibility
And in the silence is where you find the song
And I'm blinded by the ease of letting go
Worlds shutting down... Just an ode to the snow
Tree limbs bend and spring up again
The snowfall fumbling down through the pines
To baptize, to confirm the frozen hallowed ground
Exhume my youth, everlasting change
Blankets entomb, the dreary colors fade
And I'm reminded to the time when I did everything
When the stillness drifts back in like possibility
And in the silence is where you find the song
And I'm blinded by the ease of letting go
Worlds shutting down... Just an ode to the snow
When the stillness drifts back in like possibility
And in the silence is where you find the song
When I'm blinded by the ease of letting go
Worlds shutting down... Just an ode to the snow
Worlds shutting down... Just an ode to the snow
Christmas At Sea lyrics - Carbon Leaf
Trying hard to stay awake
Christmas cards stacked on the table
I am at my desk thinking of you
Note after note
I spell out the season's greeting
Trying hard to keep them from becoming
Letters of distress
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S
A boat afloat at sea
Row you to me
Christmas at sea
Harboring the distant sound
It travels fast as rolling
Water I'm still at my desk, now I'm writing you
The house is dressed, the season's ornaments unpacked from the TV box
Silver, red, gold, and green
The window's lit, the tree is glowing
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S
A boat afloat at sea
Row you to me
Christmas at sea
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S a boat afloat at sea
Row you to me
And I apologize, it's late at night, if my mind is drifting, just let it slide
And I apologize, it's late at night
The weather has been nice
The streets abuzz with holiday
Traffic lights, of course, take forever
To make it through
The winter beach is clean and clear
I like how the lights just disappear
Over water
Over water
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S, a boat afloat at sea, row you to me
Christmas at C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S, a boat afloat at sea, row you to me
Christmas at sea (and I apologize) S-O-S, a boat afloat at sea (it's late at night, if my mind is drifting) row you to me (just let it slide)
Christmas at sea (I apologize) S-O-S, a boat afloat at sea (it's late at night, if my mind is drifting) row you to me (just let it slide)
Christmas at C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S (I apologize), a boat afloat at sea (it's late at night, if my mind is drifting) row you to me (just let it slide)
Christmas at C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S (I apologize), a boat afloat at sea (it's late at night, if my mind is drifting) row you to me (just let it slide)
Christmas at C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S (I apologize), a boat afloat at sea (it's late at night, if my mind is drifting) row you to me (just let it slide)
Christmas at C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-O-S (I apologize), a boat afloat at sea (it's late at night, if my mind is drifting) row you to me
Toast To The New Year lyrics - Carbon Leaf
In the richest of seasons, we're drenched to the bone
While the light is still bright, we bring the year to a close
Sometimes we're standing there naked
Frozen in our own past, and winter's ritual colors
She rings out her last
And in the richest of seasons, in these colors we bathe
We greet the onset of winter and what we know she will take
And so you make resolutions, if it's all just the same
If a wound is a wound, why not just cut myself upon change?
In black and light, the year is formally closed
Yet still the darkest of seasons shimmer silver and gold
So let's dress up like penguins, we'll huddle en masse
We will ring in the new year, we'll throw a curse to the last
And so we make resolutions, if it's all just the same
If a wound is a wound, why not just cut myself upon change?
And so a toast to the New Year, and farewell to the last
May we dream ourselves forward, frozen wind at our backs
And so a toast to the New Year, and farewell to the last
May we dream ourselves forward, frozen wind at our backs
Another toast to the New Year, may we spring back to life
When the colors start shifting in the burgeoning light
May we spring back to life... may we spring back to life
When the colors start shifting in the burgeoning light
In black and white, the year is formally closed
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