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Rod &
Kubby. Photo by Bob Gentry, ©2002 by Stanyan Entertainment Group.
A Thought for Today
Don’t be too quick to question
everything. There are wild roses that have bloomed far into December
seemingly without reason.
About today’s download
In Great Britain "The Day After Christmas" is sometimes referred to as
“The Boxing Day Carol". I recorded it in the fall of 1970 at Olympic
Studios in London. It was arranged & conducted by Arthur Greenslade &
features The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was released the following
year as part of the album “New Carols for Christmas.”
With its double bridge and non-optional tag line The Day After Christmas
clocks in at 57 bars making it something of an odd bird in the 32 bar pop
song category. I’ve performed all the other songs that make up New Carols
for Christmas frequently over the years but until this download The Day
After Christmas existed only within the confines of the album. I meant it
to have a kind of conversational flow. Unlike most Christmas songs it
doesn’t benefit from an instrumental interlude or a lyric reprise.
It was chosen for download today & encoded to MP3 by Eric Yeager.
The Day After Christmas
Words & Music by Rod McKuen
As you untie your packages
and drink a cup of good cheer
think how it’s gonna be for us
this time again next year.
We’ll pack the ornaments together
after the tree comes down
and on The Day After Christmas
whatever be the weather
we’ll both go driving into town.
When all the families are sleeping
and you're alone in your room
remember how it was last November
think how it’s gonna be soon.
No use in my pretending
that I like being far away
but on The Day After Christmas
I’ll make a happy ending
and bring you home another holiday.
And we’ll smile like tinsel on a tree
and I’ll collect all the promises
you’ve put away for me.
I hear the caroler’s singing
songs of the years gone by
and it’s enough to start the children laughing
and make a lonesome man cry.
Hold on a little while longer
remember what I said
on The Day After Christmas
when I’ve lost the will to wander
I’ll tuck you in your feather bed.
On The Day After Christmas
I’ll be coming home forever
till then remember what I said.
Merry Christmas.
-from the book, album & songbook New Carols for Christmas, 1971. © 1969,
1971 by Rod McKuen & Stanyan Music Group. All rights reserved. Used by
permission.
I’ll be back tomorrow with the 3rd of The Twelve Downloads of Christmas.
It’s a new song I wrote earlier this year with Bob Gentry. Sleep warm.
RM 12/25/2002 11:38 PM PST
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THE DAY AFTER
CHRISTMAS For PC users a simple
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target as....".
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