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Tiki Christmas Land
03:36
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It’s been 35 since late July
And my poor heart is cold as ice
I just need a second of relief
Now don’t get me wrong, like anyone
I still love a white December
But I can’t help but dream this Christmas Eve
Of Hawaiian sunrise, sippin Mai tais
Making angels in the sand
A Melikaliki tiki Christmas tan
Egg nog ice and hula skirts
I’m laughin till my stomach hurts
Cuz I’m at the beach and you’re at home and sad
I got a one-way ticket to a tiki Christmas land, oooh
I can’t believe how easily
You dumped me like an old Christmas tree
Guess I’m just wrapping paper to discard
My friends say next year I’ll be fine
To drown my sorrows in mulled wine
But I know how to mend this broken heart
Hawaiian sunrise, sippin Mai tais
Making angels in the sand
A Melikaliki tiki Christmas tan
Egg nog ice and hula skirts
I’m laughin till my stomach hurts
Cuz I’m at the beach and you’re at home and sad
I got a one-way ticket to a tiki Christmas land, oooh
Oh why’d you have to be so naughty to me?
I burned your stocking, now I’m knocking boots under a mango tree
‘neath Hawaiian sunrise, sippin Mai tais
With a long-haired surfer man
A Melikaliki tiki Christmas tan
Pineapple fruitcake, big luao
I’ll hang my star on a palm tree bow
And forget you ever made me blue
Yeah I’m island hoppin and I’m going without you
Got a one-ticket to a sunny, beachy, Christmas dream come true
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Marfa Christmas Lights
03:12
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There’s a place I know where the tumbleweeds roll
7 hours down the road
Just buckets of stars and dingy dive bars
Old dollar bills deck the halls
My home away from it all
Take me to that West Texas sky
Not a soul, a soul in sight
Just me and my baby this Christmas under Marfa lights
There’s no bustle round here,
No shopping malls, or reindeer
And it’s quiet as a falling snow
And if you’re lookin for the locals
They got steak, and toddy sotols
At the mill just down the way
Yeah that’s my kinda holiday
Take me to that West Texas sky
Not a soul, a soul in sight
Just me and my baby this Christmas under Marfa lights
Take me to that West Texas sky
Not a soul, a soul in sight
Just me and my baby this Christmas
Me and my baby this Christmas
Just me and my baby this Christmas under Marfa lights
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Just a little frosty outside
Just a little longer till he’s mine
Just a little beat in my heart when we are apart
Santa won’t you deliver my baby this winter
My baby’s gone, I wish he would come back home
Cuz it’s not Christmas when he’s away
He’s the only gift I need under my Christmas tree, and when he looks at me
Oh when I see his eyes glimmer, makes my mistletoes shiver!
Just a little frosty outside
Just a little longer till he’s mine
Just a little beat in my heart when we are apart
Santa won’t you deliver my baby this winter
He’s my evergreen, my kiss every New Year’s Eve
Every day’s like Christmas when he’s around
Oh my sugar candy cane
And someday I’ll take his name, ‘cuz when he kisses me
Oh it’s sweeter than cake, makes my snow globe shake, yeah!
Just a little frosty outside
Just a little longer till he’s mine
Just a little beat in my heart when we are apart
Santa won’t you deliver my baby this winter
Come on, Santa!
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Blue Christmas
03:15
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I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't be the same, dear, if you're not here with me
And when those blue snowflakes start fallin', that's when those blue memories start callin'
You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white
Oh, but I'll have a blue, blue Christmas
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Wrapping paper and cookies,
bingeing Hallmark movies
Couldn’t pick so we’d watch ‘em all
Silver Bells are a-ringing,
my sister is singing along to Nat King Cole
Decorating with popcorn and gold
Mom’s in the kitchen
cooking her hits and
I think it’s gonna snow
Oh the Christmas we used to know
What a magical holiday, I’d sneak down the hallway
To peek at what Santa might bring
Twenty fourth of December, I swear I’ll remember
The way we used to be
But it’s harder and harder to see
Dad’s on the rooftop
He’s still putting lights up
Our street is all aglow
Oh the Christmas we used to know
I think back to the feeling, long ago Christmas evening
The star right at home on our tree
Not a worry or care, I knew Santa’d be there,
If I only believed
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Beth // James Austin, Texas
Beth // James is a married indie duo from Austin, Texas made up of award winning singer-songwriters, Mikaela & Jordan
Burchill.
They've been dubbed "Masters of indie folk" by Austin's NPR station, KUTX and their song, "Lion Eyes" was in Spike Lee's, 'BlacKkKlansman.'
Their debut full-length record "Get Together" (produced by James Petralli of White Denim) is out now!
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