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Christmas This Year (featuring Michael Cerveris)

by David Heatley

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The kids are long grown
The nest has been flown
I’ve got no one to call me dear
Yeah I’m on my own
Doesn’t feel much like Christmas this year

I go for a walk
Return with a shock
I remember there’s nobody here
Just me and the clock
Doesn’t feel much like Christmas this year

You went away 12 nights ago
Took the tree and the ornaments with you
I tried decorating just for show
But who hangs mistletoe
When there’s no one to kiss you?

I’ll take a light nap
Another nightcap
Maybe these ghosts will disappear
There’s nothing to wrap
Doesn’t feel much like Christmas this year

Tacky music and gaudy decorations
Frenzied shoppers crowding the train stations
That dreaded hour when the in-laws visit
Our drunken midnight fighting
Oh God how I miss it

I won’t ask why
There’s no need to lie
Your reasons are reasonably clear
Yeah I’m not a guy who can put on a jacket and tie and fake holiday cheer

But hear me when I say
I’m glad you didn’t stay another day
Living in this wretchedness and fear

And I sincerely pray
That on this cold and dreary day
You’ve got someone to pull you near
As you whisper in his ear,
“My darling…
It finally feels just like Christmas this year”

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released November 28, 2022
Recorded at Restoration Sound in Brooklyn, NY and Chris Butcher Studios in New Orleans. Engineered by Lorenzo Wolff and Chris Butcher. Produced by David Heatley. Orchestral arrangements by Dr. Jimbo Walsh. Guitar by Pete Galub. Violin by Rebecca Crenshaw. Percussion by Doug Garrison. Mixed by Mark Bingham. Mastered by Dave Glasser, Airshow.

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David Heatley New York, New York

DAVID HEATLEY is a musician, cartoonist and animation director living in Queens, NY. Over several decades, he has recorded 5 albums and 7 EPs as a solo artist and as part of the bands Velvet Cactus Society and The Bischoffs. His animation production company Dream Puppy, Inc was launched in 2021. A TV show based on his 2019 graphic memoir "Qualification" is currently in production. ... more

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