An Alternative Christmas Carol

In three years, I’ve made one native Washingtonian friend. I love hearing her tales of growing up in the nation’s capital and the inside scoop she brings to the conversation. Last month, we went to DC-centric Brightest Young Things monthly variety show–a mixture of music and stand-up comedy and beer. I discovered a new band, the Mynabirds, with a beautiful voice. Their alternative Christmas Carol and Zombies cover dominate my iPod this month.
With this week’s chatter about the anonymous $20k+ “dream Christmas wish list” randomly left on a Metro-North train from NYC to the “gold coast” of Connecticut (and published here on Velvet in Dupont’s blog), I felt the need to publish another woman’s list.
Happy Holidays and New Year! Friends, “we all have just begun…this will be our year!”
The Mynabirds All I Want is Truth (for Christmas) Have yourself a merry little Christmas Have it while you can Cuz the scientists predict another record level year It will be warm enough outside for all the birds to stay right here And without the migratory patterns we won’t know where to go Cuz next year we’ll learn to celebrate without a snowHave yourself a happy little New Year Have it if you can Cuz the politicians will be at their same old arguments Should we start another war or should we raise another’s debts And the elders in their robes will be wondering where we stand But we won’t care—we’ll sip our coffees We’ll watch our TVs—yeah they're all flat screens But whatever you do, don’t turn on the news
All I want is you for Christmas Just a little truth this Christmas All I want is you for Christmas Just a little truth this Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas I know that I will Cuz I’m bagging all the packages in pretty little bows And I’ll take them to the old Salvation Army up the road And I’ll sit down with my love and we’ll remember what it means To celebrate without a single store-bought thing All I want is you for Christmas Just a little truth this Christmas All I want is you for Christmas Just a little truth this Christmas This Will Be Our Year (Zombies Cover)The warmth of your love Is like the warmth of the sun And this will be our year It took a long time to come
Don’t let go of my hand Now the darkness is gone And this will be our year It took a long time to come
And I won’t forget the way you held me up When I was down And I won’t forget the way say, "Darling, I love you You give me faith to go on"
Now we are there And we all have just begun This will be our year It took a long time to come
The warmth of your smile Smile for me little one This will be our year It took a long time to come
You don’t have to worry All your worry days are done This will be our year It took a long time to come
Yeah, we all have just begun This will be our year… It took a long time…To come
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