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Peppermints
02:44
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2. |
Gordan
02:52
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3. |
The Underrated Santa
04:02
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The Underrated Santa
Tall and mean he was the underrated Santa
Sight unseen he never gave to charity
All I need is some super clean pyjamas
and some overripe bananas and a monkey in a tree
He locked up his mother and got wasted without money
The elves thought it was funny with such clarity they seen
Surprised several times by his sister and his mommy
Oh his family they were crummy but they gave to charity
Nobody wants to be Santa and it’s because
Life is just so underrated when you're the Clause
Present day has become so degrading so filled with flaws
Yes life has become underrated for Santa Clause
He bitched as he moaned yelling at the elves
Who stayed late for him making toys stocking shelves
But he said it couldn’t be all smiles and jolly all the time
Present time is coming and it’s my name on the line
He laughed until he cried himself from wakeful dead of sleep
As Prancer became weak and Rudy’s nose it wouldn’t glow
How could he ever satisfy his Christmas deeds?
He decided he would bleed fulfilling fantasies of greed
Nobody wants to be Santa and it’s because
Life is just so underrated when you're the Clause
Present day has become so degrading so filled with flaws
Yes life has become underrated for Santa Clause
Tall and mean he was the underrated Santa
Sight unseen he never gave to charity
All I need is some super clean pyjamas
and some overripe bananas and a monkey in a tree
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Ohh Dee Ohh Doe!
03:21
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Ohh Dee Ohh Doe!
You got a responsibility to the order in which you lie
Whether it be about Santa or another man in the sky
I write from my experience so you can’t say it isn’t true
All you can do is maybe listen and think
Hey am I doing this too alright!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Days before pages of info online I believed what the old people said
Sure it’s all true it can’t be a lie as sure as the curls on my head
But now I know that lies were told lies all based on a book
If you still believe that one man could be three hey the internet take a look
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Now it’s possible yes and I will understand if you lived a long time ago
If all of the things that you had to believe were what parents taught you to be so
But now it’s the future and I’m a man my fathers an older one too
It’s time to believe in more than just one thing the responsible thing to do
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Now my words aren’t meant to inflict or intrude on what I believe or what you do
But just take a breath in and give thinking a try cause science is pretty cool too
Instead of teaching your kids that a man died on a cross door their sins
Teach them to learn to love and be kind then you won’t have to teach them again
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
You got a responsibility to the order in which you lie
Whether it be about Santa or another man in the sky
I write from my experience so you can’t say it isn’t true
All you can do is maybe listen and think
Hey am I doing this too alright!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Ohh dee ohh doe doe doe doe doe!
Mom is there really a Santa Clause?
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Holiday Hustle
04:02
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WishBook
07:42
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When I was a boy and Jason was too
Before this present day was a thought
Long before YouTubes, Facebooks or Apps
Long before screen time induced headaches and naps
A time that isn’t now at least not the same
Before being quarantined and standing 6 feet away
Before social distancing jammed a candy cane in our gears
This story goes back a many number of years
Yes a story of pages all gifted and bound
Packaged and ready for true eyes to be found
Some lift up illusions this time of year
But this story is true
Of Wishbook you’re all going to hear
There was no set day or set month or set week
Though by December it’d be here for sure
Sure as Lassie’s bark was high pitched and squeaked
Sure as Sparky’s ears were not brown but blond bleached
Wishbook would come in one of two ways
Only one of which did I ever see
The legend arrived almost right to our door
Or as close as our mailbox could be
And what a gift to be the one to be the first one to see
All the things on its pages throughout
Surprise filled my eyes as I opened and felt
Xmas was coming no doubt
All kids tall and all kids small
All kids blue and all kids true
All so excited cause Santa was coming
Wishbook brought out the Xmas in you
And of course there were boring things for our parents to see
Stuff you could wear and some stuff you could eat
Stuff that mom loved and even stuff for dad’s feet
But for Jason and me
Being brothers both lovers of things
So shiny and cool
That Santa could bring
They were all tucked away at the back near the end
Far from the hats and the shoes
Flip, flip, flip, umbrellas?
Flip, flip, ahh come on!
Flip, flip, flip and finally!
The toys! Ahh the toys!
The widest of smiles became cracks in our faces
No kids ever had this much fun while standing in two places
But it wasn’t because of all the things we could get
No it was because of the pages we hadn’t seen yet
Oh what is that? It looks like… Not there on page 562
Well it says it makes flavoured ice cream
That it also keeps it cool!
Okay, what about this? Right here! It’s green and points down
I dunno but it says below in small print
This toy operates best on flat solid ground
Meanwhile…
Far from the shovels and beveled romantic rings
Farther from gloves, dark fruit cakes and even more boring things
Strategically placed well hidden from eyes
Santa was prepping to take to the skies
A Clause like no other
A mystery unseen
A man made out purely of thought
That could some how deliver
Close to 5 billion gifts
With no worries he’d ever get caught
And as all kids we knew started making their lists
For tumblers, and capes
Not socks Mom I said capes!
For Gremlins, Stinkores, Transformers
Our fate was all left to that big man in red
A Clause like no other
A mystery unseen
Wishbook he’d sent as a guide
Now I know mom and dad probably said it was from Sears
But your mom and your dad they both lied
No, Sears was merely a distraction you see
A quite cleverly cloaked acronym
Okay then you say for what does the word stand
Thinking I’ll have no response
Thinking this stories untrue
Thinking your question might cause my derailment
How about this
SEARS
Santa’s Elves And Reindeer Surveillance
That’s right! Wishbook had come straight from the North Pole
Not from some once upon a used to be store
Wishbook connected the magic of Santa
Which helped map his quest to your door
When Xmas Eve came we both jumped in our beds
Mom and dad said you two get to sleep
We knew that we had to so Santa could come
But the night always seemed like a week
The next morning Jason and I emptied our socks
Which had been filled by that magical man
As Mom and Dad sat with orange pekoe in cups
I noticed on our living room stand
Wishbook
Tattered and dog-eared in so many places
From all of our wishes and wants
Ketchup on permanently circled marked pages
Sticky fingered prints laced with sugary traces
…
Wishbook had given to all who had looked
But it felt kind of strange like now it was just a book
Like somehow after Xmas the magic had gone
How could this be
How could the feeling just disappear
The same way it seemed to to me every year
I decided not to give it too much more thought
When dad said hey Robbie finish emptying your sock
I gave him the gesture that I already did
And he gestured back like he was being a kid
Look again he said weirdly while making a face
Dig deep said mom looking comfy in her place
So I reached back in my sock and then felt in my hand
A rolled up lined small piece of paper
I looked at my dad then he looked at my mom
My dad is still here but my mom is long gone
Santa Clause had written a message for me
A message still found to be true
And it read…
Every gift you’ll ever need will always be here
In the Wishbook that’s inside of you
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Donder's Last Flight
04:04
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Like An Elephant
03:32
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Like An Elephant
Oh such things to some you see
Might be quite irrelevant
All I knows that you believe
I can fly like an elephant
Ain’t no such thing as Santa’s sleigh
Flying reindeer out in front of it
Though if it’s true and they’re like me
They’re trying for the hell of it
These Christmas things you buy in stores
Won’t fill your heart up anymore
And when the snow falls hard outside
I know your love will keep me dry
Your love is strong of this I’m sure
Cause I don’t even have a cent
And you help me fly so high
So I can be an elephant
You’ve changed my life in such detail
Without the magic of a sled
And you are all my worldly dreams
Ahh believe me cause it’s what I said
This Christmas eve won’t mean a thing
If I am not right next to you
This year my boy I know it’ll be
A Christmas we can hold onto
Oh such things to some you see
Might seem quite irrelevant
How do I that you believe?
Well I’m flying like an elephant
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Robbie Tucker Miramichi, New Brunswick
Robbie Tucker - singer, songwriter and producer from Miramichi, New Brunswick, continues to pump out true art rife with fantastical imagery. His musical heroes include Roy Orbison, Paul McCartney, and Elvis Presley.
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