lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BLESSINGS

(Teddy Gentry - Randy Owen - Randall Rogers - Greg Fowler)
« © '96 Tree Publishing, BMI / Route Six Music, BMI »
I stand here looking up at the stars tonight
How can one man have so much in life
As I look around me what a picture it paints
I'm much more than lucky I oughta give my thanks
There's food on the table a log on the fire
And in my woman's eyes there's love and desire

The blessings sent from above oh the blessings a life full of love
When I look around I can see all that's been given me
So I lift my eyes up to the sky cause I wanna give my my my my my
Thanks for the blessings

Sometimes I fall asleep at the end of the day
And I forget to thank you I'm ashamed to say
But as I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I know you can hear me here on earth
Thank you for giving me more than I deserve

The blessings sent from above...

Blessings when I look around I can see all that's been given me
So I lift my eyes up to the sky cause I wanna give my my my my
My thanks for the blessings

The blessings sent from above..
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2.

CHRISTMAS IN YOUR ARMS

(Bill Anderson - Steve Wariner)
« © '96 Mr Bubba Music, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI / Steve Wariner Music, BMI »
All my friends are asking me where I plan to spend the holidays
People seem to celebrate the season in so many different ways
Some go where the weather's freezing cold while others like it warm
I don't care about the weather just whether I spend Christmas in your arms

We could drive up to the mountains build a fire and watch it snow
We could sail down to the Islands where the gentle breezes blow
I'd be happy in the city I'd be happy on the farm
I don't care where I spend Christmas as long as I spend Christmas in your arms

It was only last December I had no Christmas spirit in my heart
My world lay cold and shattered in the ashes of a dream that fell apart
Now you're here beside me no greater gift is wrapped beneath my tree
And the arms you wrap around me and the precious gift of love you give to me

We could drive up to the mountains...
I don't care where I spend Christmas as long as I spend Christams in your arms
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3.

CHRISTMAS IS LOVE

(Richard Alves - Jeff Knight - Jerry Taylor)
« © '96 Flaw Factor Music, BMI / Music Of Stage Three, BMI /
Songs Of Universal, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
It's that time of year when the whole world is heart to heart
You can feel love all around you you can see it everywhere

Christmas is love it's in the songs we're singing
Christmas is love it's families coming home
Christmas is love it's on the children faces
Christmas is love

Christmas is love a warm and peaceful feeling
Christmas is love hear the church bells ring
Christmas is love it's sharing in the giving
Christmas is love

We all gather round watch the lights dancing on the tree
The spirit of the season you feel it in the air

Christmas is love it's in the songs we're singing...
Christmas is love a warm and peaceful feeling...
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4.

WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTMAS

(Teddy Gentry - Randy Owen - Randall Rogers)
« © '96 Tree Publishing, BMI / Route Six Music, BMI »
Well I'm glad little Johnny wants that remote control
I know I'm gonna run it as fast as it will go
And Jenny wants every game that Nintendo makes
It's just around the corner and I can't wait

I've got my stocking hanging it's time to go to bed
I think I hear some reindeer I better cover up my head
I know Santa's gonna bring us something just like he always did
Yeah when it comes to Christmas I'm still a kid

I still like shaking presents underneath the tree
And tryin' to figure out what ole Santa's got for me
Oh I get so excited on Christmas Eve
I try my best to close my eyes but I can't sleep

Well I've got my stocking hanging...
When it comes to Christmas I'm still a kid just a kid
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5.

I WAS YOUNG ONCE TOO

(Robert Byrne - Richard Leigh)
« © '92 Blackwood Music, BMI / Robert Byrne Music, BMI »
He raced that engine down the track round the tree on Christmas day
I was so amazed my dad would play with trains
I saw a sparkle in his eye then I heard him say
Come on son let's play I was young once too

He washed that Buick faithfully Lord he kept her clean
I thought that machine meant more to him than me
On the day I turned sixteen he threw me the keys
Said I was young once too now she belongs to you

He was such a young man then I'm older than that now
I hope I measure up to him when the circle comes around

I saw him in the attic sittin' cross-legged on the floor
With some old photographs he pointed and he laughed
He said that's me in that picture I said no son that's your dad
I was young once too and looked a lot like you
I was young once too I was young once too

Merry Christmas son I wish your grandpa were here
He was young once too and looked like me and you
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6.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

(Jim McBride - Sam Hogin - Nelson Larkin)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI / Katy's Rainbow Music, BMI / Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
Ribbons and paper cover the floor
It's been a great Christmas with presents galore
Everyone's happy and I'm happy too
Oh what a night oh what a night
Night before Christmas I had with you

Frost on the window snow on the ground
Holiday spirit holiday sounds
Everyone's thankful and I'm thankful too
Oh what a night oh what a night
Night before Christmas I had with you

It all started underneath that mistletoe
When we were waitin' up just to help ol' Santa Claus
We were making merry in ways we'd never thought of
When we heard those sleigh bells and ol' Santa almost caught us

No we didn't take pictures but I still always remember
One very special 24th day of December
Oh what a night oh what a night
Night before Christmas I had with you
[ sax ] It all started underneath that mistletoe...

If we don't do this next year honey I'm sure gonna miss it
Why don't we make it a new yuletide tradition
Oh what a night oh what a night
Night before Christmas I had with you
Oh what a night oh what a night
Night before Christmas I had with you

H merry Christmas dear I love you so much
Oh what a night oh what a night
Night before Christmas I had with you
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7.

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

(Lewis H. Redner - Phillips Brooks)
« © '46 Sacred Music Foundation, BMI »
O little town of Bethlehem how still we see Thee lie
Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by
Yet in Thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight

O holy child of Bethlehem descend to us we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in be born in us today
We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell
O come to us abide with us our Lord Emmanuel

For Christ is born of Mary and gathered all above
While mortals sleep the angels keep their watch of wondering love
O morning stars together proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King and peace to men on earth
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8.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

(James P. Pennington - Teddy Gentry)
« © '96 Tree Publishing, BMI / Zomba Songs, BMI »
Happy birthday Jesus it's that time of year
All the lights on the trees say Christmas time is near

Another year's behind us you helped us make it through
So happy birthday Jesus this song is just for you

We all get so hung up on material things
At times it seems like we forget what Christmas really means

It should be thanks we're giving that's why I wrote this tune
Happy birthday Jesus this song is just for you

There's a gift for everyone but you underneath the tree
No it's not much but I hope you like this song to you from me

Happy birthday Jesus that's why I wrote this tune
So happy birthday Jesus my song is just for you
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9.

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

(Teddy Gentry - Randy Owen - Randall Rogers)
« © '96 Tree Publishing, BMI / Route Six Music, BMI »
I see the lights of the city tonight
And I see a star shining so bright
A babe in a manger in swaddling clothes
It's you it's me everyone knows

The Christmas spirit is in the air
The Christmas spirit is everywhere
Like the day Christ was born in Bethlehem
The Christmas spirit has been coming down

I hear the sound of a church bell ring
And I see kids and grown-ups sing
A real live nativity scene
It's you it's me we all know what it means

The Christmas spirit is in the air...

And it's time to let the angels sing
It's time to praise the newborn King
It's time for that eastern star to shine
It's time it's Christmas time

Yes it's time to let the angels sing...

Since the day Christ was born in Bethlehem
The Christmas spirit has been coming down
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10.

HANGIN' ROUND THE MISTLETOE

(Kostas)
« © '96 Songs Of PolyGram, BMI / Seven Angels Music, BMI »
Snowy days and frosty nights everything looks cold and white
Hangin' round the mistletoe hangin' round the mistletoe
Christmas day will soon be here and everybody's full of cheer
Hangin' round the mistletoe waitin' for you dear

Well I've waited all year long and now the year is almost gone
Hangin' round the mistletoe hangin' round the mistletoe
But if that's what I've gotta do just to get a kiss from you
Hangin' round the mistletoe waitin' for you dear

Christmas is a special time to give and to receive
For every little kiss you give me I will give you three
You ain't gonna miss one kiss that's one thing you'll never miss
I'm hangin' round the mistletoe waitin' for you dear
[ guitar - piano ] Well I've had my eyes on you for a long long time
So I'm asking Santa please make that pretty girl mine
Waited till I'm cold and blue just to get a kiss from you
I'm hangin' round the mistletoe waitin' for you dear
Hangin' round the mistletoe waitin' for you dear
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11.

LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

(Katherine Davis - Henri Onerati - Harry Simeone)
« © '61 Mills Music »
Come they told me pa ra pa pum pum
Our newborn King to see pa ra pa pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring pa ra pa pum pum
To lay before the King pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum
So to honor him pa rum pa pum pum when we come

Baby Jesus pa ra pa pum pum
I am poor boy too pa ra pa pum pum
I have no gift to bring pa ra pa pum pum
That's fit to give our King pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum
Shall I play for you pa ra pa pum pum on my drum
[ guitar ] Mary nodded pa ra pa pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time pa ra pa pum pum
I played my drum for him pa ra pa pum pum
I played my best for him pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum
Then he smiled at me pa ra pa pum pum me and my drum
Me and my drum me and my drum
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12.

ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

(Johnny Marks)
« © '58 St Nicholas Music »
Well rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see every couple tries to stop
Rockin' around the Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling

You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Voices singing let's be jolly deck the halls with boughs of holly
Well rockin' around the Christmas tree have a happy holiday
Everyone feeling merrily in the new old fashioned way
[ guitar - piano ] You will get a sentimental feeling...
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13.

NEW YEAR'S EVE 1999

(Gretchen Peters)
« © '92 ATV Tunes, ASCAP »
Baby let's make a date for a night on the town
How does the turn of the century sound
I guarantee that we'll have a good time
New Year's Eve 1999

Now I know it sounds a bit premature
But I'm asking you now cause I want to be sure
Do you have anything else in mind
New Year's Eve 1999

We'll drink pink champagne from a plastic cup
Dance all night till the sun comes up
We'll say it's been a pretty good century
Except for that weekend in '93

Than we'll go home to our warm winter bed
And tuck in the kids with a kiss on the head
And sing one more chorus of Auld Lang Syne
New Year's Eve 1999

I'll be your sweetheart if you'll be mine
New Year's Eve 1999 New Year's Eve 1999
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