Ooh, I'm so mad at Clay. Here's his assignment:
"I love Christmas music...for 10 years my old band wrote, recorded and gave away a Holiday song. To continue that tradition, I need to write a solo
Holiday song this year.. This will force me to do so.
Write a Christmas song, Xmas song, Happy Holidays song... not a song about that silver aluminum pole, or airing grievances- a Holiday song. Want to buck the system? go visit Doug's old tune, "When you come back home for Christmas" for a primer on how to write a non-holiday holiday song. "
Being born in Connecticut, I suppose I did have 1 New England Christmas.
lyrics
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
I don't recall the items on our wish list
The snow, it covered us all
A winter gave way to spring, summer, fall
Even though we were small...
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
I don't recall the items on our wish list
We rode our bikes through the snow
Never once thinking 'bout where we would go
Little did we know...
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
Our first was our last
we grew up so fast
What's gone is well in the past
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
I don't recall the items on our wish list
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
This posthumous record by the lead singer of the Tragically Hip, containing both electric & acoustic takes, showcases his songwriting gifts. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 12, 2020