Advent Hymn

Dear, it's been a long cold silence
Please, I've been seeking guidance
Falling leaves against the moonrise
Dear, it was a long hard summer
Oh, how I long for slumber
Where can I find a resting place? 

Oh, I just wait
Oh, can't escape
Oh, pretty lights
In the dark
While I drive

Candles flicker gold light
Christmas time is in sight
I got a feeling about something
There is a ghost tap tapping
The walls are trembling cracking
Signs that can't possibly mean nothing

Oh, I just wait
Oh, can't escape
Oh, pretty lights
In the dark
While I drive

(Repeat)

Medieval Ghost Choir

The doors open to a chapel
Inside was falling snow
And ravens perched upon the pews
At the end of every row

The echos of a Gothic choir 
From the 13th Century 
Were ringing in the rafters
They're singing now for me

In the deep and dark of winter
When nighttime rules the day
We spirits from the shadows
Come out to sing and play

I went to kneel beneath the cross
Moved by something in the air
But the pleading murmur of their voices
Interrupt my Christmas prayer

They said
In the deep and dark of winter
When nighttime rules the day
We spirits from the shadows 
Come out to sing and play

(Repeat)

Terror swept upon me now
I run scared into the night
And turned to see the chapel 
Had vanished from my sight

Christmas in the Dark

The long dark hallway
And the cold cold floor
And the creaking sounds
I never heard before
But suddenly a silence 
It swept over me
And the lights went out
Upon the balsam tree

Christmas in the dark
In the deep of night
It'll be alright
Just to be alone
Through this long long night
In a quiet home

The clock struck midnight
And I couldn't sleep
So I lay awake 
With a book to read
But suddenly 
I heard a whisper 
And turned around
And I'm haunted still
By that ghostly sound

Christmas in the dark
In the deep of night
It'll be alright
Just to be alone
Through this long long night
In a quiet home

I step outside upon the snow
See stars so far away
Is there a star up in the sky
That just appeared today? 

Christmas in the dark
In the deep of night
It'll be alright
Just to be alone
Through this long long night
In a quiet home

Christmas in the dark
In the deep of night
It'll be alright
To find yourself alone
On this long long night
In such a quiet home

Ebenezer

Christmas 
There's something so alarming
By carolers so charming
Have they nothing in life hollow and grim?
Echos of doom have always found me
And madness it surrounds me
The stars up in the sky have grown dim

Take me far from all these places
Shadows haunt the faces
Leave me to my own 
I just want to be alone 

Tugging at my heartstrings
All the dark and sad things
Snowflakes quiet falling
And this voice keeps calling from the past  
"This Christmas here may be your last"

Winter
A shiver in the cold air
The ghost of ancient days here
He's come to set my soul right tonight
We go through valleys not remembered
Such images he rendered
Once frozen come alive in this light

Take me far from all these places
Shadows haunt the faces
Don't leave me on my own 
I don't want to be alone

Take me far from all these places
Shadows haunt the faces
Of people I forgot but how
Tiny Tim has my heart now

I Want More from Xmas

I want more from Christmas
Than all the gifts beneath your tree
I want more than all the toys in Santa's sleigh
Sometimes I wish that stuff would go away

Walmart on so many Christmas eves
Shopping for something no one needs
Stand in the aisle and a song comes on 
That has me hope this year we might all get along

I want more from Christmas
Than all the stuffing in your stockings
I want more than credit cards could buy
Sometimes all that stuff just makes me cry

Wrapping gifts and sipping wine at night
Somehow I'm gonna make this Christmas right
Little tokens wrapped in tissue green and red
Can I make up for things I have done and said?

I want more from Christmas
Than I would ever dare to ask for
I want something that I have never seen
Like something that exists inside a dream

I want something that I have never seen
Like something that exists inside a dream

St. Children's Choir

Angels in the doorway
I hear their little feet
The drummer boy is playing
And they're marching to his beat

Angels in the attic
Playing trains and playing dolls
I hear their little whispers
Through the floorboards and the walls

Candle shimmers on window frost
O forgotten ones of this world lost
Each little light seen in the dark
I think of them with every spark

Angels in the fire
Apparitions in the flames
Their voices up the chimneys 
In the sky I see their names

These angels walk among us
But in summer they are gone
They return in winter's nighttime
And they vanish before dawn

Candle shimmers on window frost
O forgotten ones of this world lost
Each little light seen in the dark
I think of them with every spark

Each little light seen in the dark
I think of them with every spark

We Are Not Tired At All

We are not tired at all
Won't sleep a wink
Watching with our little eyes
Won't even blink! 

Peering out the window
At a world that's fast asleep
We've a sacred duty 
A watch that we must keep

We are not tired at all
Won't sleep a wink
Watching with our little eyes
Won't even blink!

Listening for the signs
Of magic still alive
And searching for the proof
That only we can find

We are not tired at all
Won't sleep a wink
Watching with our little eyes
Won't even blink!
(Repeat)

Jolly Old St. Nicholas 
(Traditional) 

Jolly old St. Nicholas
Lean your ear this way
Don't you tell a single soul
What I'm going to say
Christmas Eve is coming soon
Now you dear old man
Whisper what you'll bring to me
Tell me if you can

When the clock is striking twelve
When I'm fast asleep
Down the chimney broad and black
With your pack you'll creep
All the stockings you will find
Hanging in a row
Mine will be the shortest one
You'll be sure to know

Johnny wants a pair of skates
Suzy wants a sled
Nellie wants a picture book
Yellow, blue, and red
Now I think I'll leave to you
What to give the rest
Choose for me dear Santa Claus
You will know the best

So Many Silent Nights

So many silent nights
That seem to never end
The black sky goes on forever
And then goes on again

So many silent nights
So many silent nights

It seems eternal darkness 
Without a spark of light
No star in the distance
To ease the endless night

I turned on the TV 
To hear the preacher preach
But I could hear no thing]
In his silent speech

So many silent nights
So many silent nights

It seems eternal darkness 
Has come to take me down
And I'm looking for a star
Where there's no star to be found

I could not hear the choir
Nor hear the grand applause
I could not hear the ho ho ho
From good old Santa Claus

So many silent nights
That seem to never end
The silence goes on forever
And then goes on again

So many silent nights
So many silent nights

Snow Globe City 

The snow it glitters like 
Diamond dust upon the breeze
Sprinkled by an unseen hand 
On buildings and on trees

On the streets garlands and wreaths
The sidewalks slush and gray 
Car exhaust and honking horns
Along the merry way

Jukebox tunes played in the pub
Folks seated at the bar
Sipping mugs of beer and wine
And searching for a star

A rented flat on Second Street
Its windows blinking lights
Little beacons flash in time
Through darkened winter nights

Churches glow like embers
Ancient stories in stained glass
The holy sound of “Silent Night”
Being sung at midnight mass

Snowflakes flutter in the air
No haste to reach the ground
They drift like angel feathers
Oh, so peaceful without sound