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I Just Want Christmas
03:18
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Maybe I’m being just a touch naive
But these days I want much less than I receive
Save all your platitudes for New Year’s Eve
I don’t want your gifts or your endless lists
I want Christmas
Pack up your troubles in your four by four
Guided by satnav to the superstore
Born in a stable, will you close that door
The cold of heart enjoyed a slice of schaudenfraude
Along with Christmas
When every house in every street illuminates its face
Just close your eyes, click your heels and say
There’s no place quite like Homebase
I’ve only ever known it once to snow on Christmas Day
The tyre tracks convinced the boy that Santa parked his sleigh
Let’s hang some memories on the Christmas tree
Let’s sing a silent night, o come all ye
Peace in the neighbourhood where you’ll find me
Searching littered streets for my bittersweet
Bit of Christmas
Hark the Herald Angels sing
Glory to the bargain bin
Peace on Earth while we’re still here
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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2. |
It's Christmas Eve
04:31
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It’s good to know you still believe
There will be snow on Christmas Eve
You love the sound, the smell and sight
It’s all around, sleep well tonight
And if you wake before the break
Of dawn on Christmas Day
At first the thrill and then the chill
Will take your breath away
A silver sigh calls out to you
Above the sky no doubt it’s true
What we deserve we shall receive
I do believe, it’s Christmas Eve
Is birth the start and death the end
A sleigh ride journey far?
And from the heart I’d recommend
You trail the brightest star
I wish you all the best of times
The snow will fall, the bells will chime
It’s good to see you’re just like me
I do believe it’s Christmas Eve
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3. |
Another Sleepless Night
03:05
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Bells are ringing in my head
On the floor are books that I’ve read
Turn my pillow, roll to one side
And reach out for my phone to pass the time
I could pace the floor, watch TV
I could make believe that you are here with me
One more drink will see me right
Oh, it’s gonna be just another sleepless night
Look out the window once again
There should be snow but there’s only rain
There’s no presents under the tree
There’s nothing I want but to close my eyes and dream
I can’t see reindeer, Santa’s sleigh
Tomorrow’s gonna be just like another day
One more drink will see me right
And it’s gonna be just another sleepless night
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It’s Icy cold out there
It’s Icy cold out there
It’s Icy cold out there
A hundred times this year I’ve been cold and lonely
I wonder if you’ve felt that way too
Now it’s time to get together
Cosy, warm ignore what the weather man says
It’s Icy cold out there
It’s Icy cold out there
Doesn’t matter how you try to dress it up
It’s been a really dreadful year
But it’s Christmas now and we won’t mess it up
So get yourself on over here
Singing words of no regret then
What we’ve heard we won’t forget
When night and day
There’s no way…out
When every picture looks so extraordinary
And every rule’s been broken in two like we are
Rest assured they’re not that clever
Just ignore for now what the weather man says
It’s Icy cold out there
It’s Icy cold out there
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Merry-Go-Round
02:43
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I saw a video somewhere on my phone
You were with your family, I was all alone
I cried at the sight of your perfect symmetry
Wishing I could go back to 1993
If I tell you something would you understand
If I say I’m falling would you let me hold, let me hold your hand
Give me one more spin on the merry-go-round of life
One more chance to be lost and found in time
This time baby things will turn out right
Give me one more spin on the merry-go-round of life
I like to think it didn’t show
Should I have told you, I don’t know
Was I just wasting all my time
I heard a melody somewhere on my phone
You sang so beautifully but I was still alone
I cried at the sound of your perfect harmony
Wishing I could go back to 1993
If I tell you something would you understand
If I say I’m falling would you let me hold, let me hold your hand
Give me one more spin on the merry-go-round of life
One more chance to be lost and found in time
This time baby things will turn out right
Give me one more spin on the merry-go-round
One more spin on the merry-go-round
One more spin on the merry-go-round of life
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Whitby Sun
03:11
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When the dark had left me for dead
And daylight chased its tail
I heard the bark and rested my head
Before the ship set sail
Without a reflection I saw myself
The night didn’t help much obviously
Adventures await and I’m sure the wealth
I’m needing right now is all out at sea
Whitby Sun
Whitby Sun
Whitby Sun
Whitby Sun
The ghost of the cat anchored in the bay
With souls that played out of time and off key
Returning back home for next Christmas Day
But nobody heard and no-one could see
Heading out to sea on the Great Endeavour, looking back to shore for the old black dog
Heading out to sea on the Great Endeavour, looking back to shore for the old black dog
Heading out to sea on the Great Endeavour, looking back to shore for the old black dog
Heading out to sea on the Great Endeavour, looking back to shore for the old black dog
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Time And Tide
02:57
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Hiding in the nooks again
I know it always looks a little asinine
Melting into cracks and then
Ignoring all the facts until I read the sign
I feel it in my spirit
I hear it in my head
But time and tide has taught me how
Here and now, is fine
Just in the nick of time
You couldn’t have picked
A better moment to catch my eye
What do you mean by interrupting my dream
You’ve no idea as you walk on by
Don’t want to be rude but I’m just not in the mood
For any games in which I have to try
Counting all the summers when I couldn’t do my sums
But then I never could
You don’t feel the same and I’ve no doubt
You think it lame of me to say I’m good
It’s taken me a lifetime
To reach this time of year
But time and tide has made it clear
Now and here, it’s fine
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8. |
This Time Next Christmas
04:22
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When the moon is full and we’re all here
We can smile upon a midnight clear together
As we take our final curtain call
We can laugh and sing and forget it all forever
Doesn’t really matter when you’re by my side
All we ever need to do is close our eyes and dream on
Go ahead and close your eyes
We’re flying all around the sky it’s time to dream on
Our minds are like an open door
I don’t know what we’re heading for
I tell you this much
Listen all you girls and boys
You’re gonna get some brand new toys
This time next Christmas
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Groovy Uncle Chatham, UK
Groovy Uncle is the brainchild of Medway songwriter Glenn Prangnell. GU began releasing records in 2010 and have released something every year since. In 2013 Glenn set up his own Trouserphonic Records label.Guest vocalists include Suzi Chunk, Miss Modus and Jane Wrangham. Glenn also collaborated with Mare Rozzelle on the 'New York Letters' album. The 13th album is out on 25th November 2023. ... more
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