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The snow is falling
it's after dark
On Christmas Eve
and on a lark
I'm back and forth
to every store
but what good's a list
when it's been done before
So there's only one thing left to get for you
I got a new tattoo
another one of you
for Christmas
A diamond ring
won't always shine
mockingbirds
forget their lines
Not every gift
can impress
Not everything
can be possessed
So there's only one thing left to get for you
I got a new tattoo
another one of you
for Christmas
Mark me up and hold me down
The neon lights and the needle sound
It's Christmas time so gather round
Right over my heart
X marks the spot
Most other things
are such a waste
but all this flesh/
all this space
So there's only one thing left to get for you
I got a new tattoo
another one of you
(It's in plain view)
for Christmas
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Same Old New Year's
03:38
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Same old New Year’s
I’ve known before
Same old sentiment
and nothing more
And all I remember,
what’s lost a surrendered:
It’s the same old New Year’s
I can’t ignore
Yesterday morning
I took down the tree
I dragged it on down
to the compost heap
And as the needles fell out
a whisper escaped my mouth:
It’s the same old New Year’s
I’ve known before
A long, cold winter
and it won’t even snow
The sky is a blanket
laying heavy and low
And I can’t feel a thing
as the bells outside ring:
It’s the same old New Year’s
The one I know.
But what is fading
This year or my life?
As the seconds wind down
all I hear is the sound,
a sigh that I’ve heard once before
(Or is it three times? Three times four?)
Same old New Year’s
and still no you
Same resolutions won’t hold true
And as the streamers fall down
from the rafters above:
It’s the same old New Year’s
with no one to love.
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Ben Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA songwriter Ben Smith's songs sound good in both your front parlor and your back barroom---all Tin Pan Alley piano and a fading choirboy voice.
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