Dolly Parton - A Smoky Mountain Christmas

We get to see a new video from Dolly Parton! It is always a pleasure to hear this great talent’s perspective.

Dolly’s beautiful album A Holly Dolly Christmas is available here.

"A Smoky Mountain Christmas" lyrics

I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas
With the kids around the fireplace stringing popcorn for the tree
I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas
With nothing much that money buys, but everything worthwhile in life
Dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas

"You can take the girl from the country" I have heard 'em say
But you'll never take the country from the girl
And me I've been a rambler for the better part of life
But no matter where I ramble in this world
I keep dreaming of a cabin in my Smoky Mountain home
Remembering my life there as a child
Just as free as the butterflies, the hummingbirds and streams
As different as the snowflakes on the windows of my life

And I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas
With the kids around the fireplace making angels for the tree
I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas
With nothing much that money buys but everything worth while in life
Dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas

Yes I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas
With the kids around the fireplace stringing popcorn for the tree
I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas
With nothing much that money buys, but everything worthwhile in life
Dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas

Yes, I'm dreaming of a Smoky Mountain Christmas

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Bruce Springsteen’s fantastic new album ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE is available here.

Turn Back the Hands of Time Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh, darlin', I'm so lonely without you
I can't sleep at night
Just thinkin' about you
But if I had the chance to start all over
I'd be wishing today on a four leaf clover
And leaving would be the last thing on my mind

[Chorus]
If I could turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)
If I could turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)

[Verse 2]
Oh, darlin', I can't hold out much longer
But the pain is so deep
And the hurt's getting stronger
But if I had just one more try
I'd be yours alone, until the day that I die
And we'd have a love so divine

[Chorus]
If I could turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)
If I could turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)

[Bridge]
All right, come on

[Verse 3]
Oh, darlin', plеase
Please lеt me come back home
Your love's been so good to me, baby
And I've realized without it, I can't go on
Because you're the other half that makes my life complete
If I had one more chance we'd have a love so sweet
And leaving would be the last thing on my mind
Leaving would be the last thing on my mind
I said leaving would be the last thing on my mind

[Chorus]
If I could turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)
(If I could turn back the hands of time)
If I could turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)

[Outro]
(If I could turn back the hands of time) If I could just have another chance, darling
(If I could turn back the hands of time)
Just give me one more chance (If I could turn back the hands of time)
I wanna turn back the hands of time (If I could turn back the hands of time)
(If I could turn back the hands of time) I'm gonna turn back the hands of time
(If I could turn—)

"Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" lyrics
(originally by Frank Wilson)

C'mon

Here I am on bended knees
I lay my heart down at your feet
Do I love you?
All you have to do is ask
I'll give until there's nothing left
Do I love you?

As long as there is life in me
Your happiness is guaranteed
I'll fill your heart with ecstasy, darling

Do I love you?
Tell me now
Do I love you?
Ooh, ooh
Do I love you?
Indeed I do
Oh darling
Indeed I do

The very thing that I want most
Is just to have and hold you close
Do I love you?
From morning until late at night
You fill my heart with pure delight
Do I love you?

Whenever I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord your soul to keep
And bring it on home safe to me, darling

Do I love you?
C'mon darling
Do I love you?
Ooh, ah
Do I love you?
Indeed I do
Sweet darling
Indeed I do
C'mon

Now whenever I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord your soul to keep
And bring it home safe to me, darling

Do I love you?
Oh, tell me now
Do I love you?
Oh, darling
Do I love you?
Indeed I do
Sweet darling
Indeed I do
Oh baby
Indeed I do
Hello baby
Indeed I do
Indeed I do...

Nightshift lyrics

Commodores

Marvin, he was a friend of mine
And he could sing his song
His heart in every line
Marvin, sang of the joy and pain
He opened up our minds
And I still can hear him say
Oh talk to me, so you can see, what's goin' on
Say you will, sing your songs, for evermore, evermore

Gonna be some sweet sounds
Comin' down, on the nightshift
I bet you're singing proud
Oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd

Gonna be a long night
It's gonna be all right, on the nightshift
You found another home
I know you're not alone, on the nightshift, ooh
You found another home
I know you're not alone, on the nightshift

Jackie, hmm, hey what you doing now
It seems like yesterday, when we were working out
Jackie, oh, you set the world on fire
You came and gifted us
Your love it lifted us higher and higher
Keep it up, and we'll be there at your side
Oh, say you will, sing your songs
For evermore, evermore, evermore

Gonna be some sweet sounds
Comin' down, on the nightshift
I bet you're singing proud
Oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd

Gonna be a long night (Gonna be a long night)
It's gonna be alright, on the nightshift
You found another home
I know you're not alone, on the nightshift

Gonna be some sweet sounds (Sweet sounds)
Comin' down, on the nightshift (Oh, on the nightshift)
I bet you're singing proud (I know you're singing proud)
Oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd (Oh yeah)
Gonna be a long night (Gonna be alright), it's gonna be alright
On the nightshift, on the nightshift
You found another home
I know you're not alone, on the nightshift

Don't Play That Song lyrics

Aretha Franklin

Don't play that song for me
'Cause it brings back memories
Of days that I once knew
The days that I spent with you

Oh no, don't let 'em play it (oh no)
It fills my heart with pain (it hurts)
Please, stop it right away
'Cause I remember just what he said

He said: "darling..." (darlin' I, I love you)
And I know that he lied (oh, he lied)
You know that you lied (oh, he lied)
You know that you lied, lied, you lied (to me)

Hey mister, don't play it no more
Don't play it no more
I can't stand it
Don't play it no more (no more)
No more (no more), no more
Whoa-whoa (can't stand it)

I remember on our first date
He kissed me and he walked away
I was only seventeen
I'd never dream he'd be so mean

He told me, "darling..." (darling, I love you)
Baby, baby, you lied (darling, I need you)
You, you lied (darling, I love you)
You know that you lied (you lied)
Lied (you lied), you lied (to me)

Oh-oh-oh, darling (darling, I love you)
You know that you lied, yeah (darling, I need you)
You know I know you lied (darling, I love you)
Darling, you lied (you lied) you lied
(You lied) you lied, go on and hurt me
You lied (to me)

Oh, whoa-oh, you lied (don't play it no more)
Oh, baby don't play it no more (don't play it no more)
Don't do it, don't play it no more (for me), no more (for me)
I can't stand it no more (don't play it no more)
Oh hey, don't play it no more (don't play it no more)

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Elton John - Bennie And The Jets

Let’s checkout some of the many diamonds on Elton John’s channel. This Glitter Hero’s exuberance is really exploding lately!

Bennie And The Jets Lyrics

Hey kids shake it loose together
The spotlight's hittin' something that's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight so stick around
You're gonna hear electric music solid walls of sound
Say Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet?
Woo
But they're so spaced out
Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really clean
She's got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, no oh
Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets

Hey kids plug into the faithless maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets to find who's right and who's wrong
Oh Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet?
Oh but they're so spaced out
Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really clean
She's got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, no oh
Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets
Oh Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet?
Oh but they're so spaced out
Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really clean
She's got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine, no oh
Be-Be-Bennie and the Jets

Bennie
Bennie and the Jets
Bennie Bennie Bennie
Bennie and the Jets
Bennie Bennie
Bennie Bennie Bennie and the Jets
Bennie Bennie Bennie
Bennie and the Jets
Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie
Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie and the Jets Jets Jets
Bennie Bennie Bennie
Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie Bennie and the Jets

"All Quiet On The Western Front" lyrics

All quiet on the Western Front, nobody saw
A youth asleep in the foreign soil, planted by the war
Feel the pulse of human blood pouring forth
See the stems of Europe bend under force

All quiet
All quiet
All quiet on the Western Front

So tired of this garden's grief, nobody cares
Old kin kiss the small white cross, their only souvenir
See the Prussian offense fly, weren't we grand
To place the feel of cold sharp steel in their hands

All quiet
All quiet
All quiet on the Western Front

It's gone all quiet on the Western Front, male angels sigh
Ghosts float in a flooded trench as Germany dies
Fever reaps the flowers of France, fair-haired boys
String the harps to Victory's voice, joyous noise

All quiet
All quiet
All quiet on the Western Front

All quiet
All quiet
All quiet on the Western Front

Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) lyrics

We still sit at separate tables
And we sleep at different times
And the warm wind in the palm trees
Hasn't helped to change our minds

It was the lure of the tropics
That I thought might heal the scars
Of a love burned out by silence
In a marriage minus heart

And I call the kids on the telephone
Say there's something wrong out here
It's July but it's cold as Christmas
In the middle of the year

The temperature's up to 95
But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes
And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here
So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year?

I dreamed of love in a better climate
And for what it's really worth
I put faith in the star we followed
To this Caribbean surf

But there's an icy fringe on everything
And I cannot find the lines
Where's the beauty in the beast we made
Why the frost in the summertime

And I call the kids on the telephone
Say there's something wrong out here
It's July but it's cold as Christmas
In the middle of the year

The temperature's up to 95
But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes
And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here
So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year?

The temperature's up to 95
But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes
And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here
So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year?

Cold as Christmas in the middle of the year
Cold as Christmas in the middle of the year
Cold as Christmas in the middle of the year
Cold as Christmas in the middle of the year
(Cold as Christmas)
Cold as Christmas in the middle of the year
Cold as Christmas in the middle of the year

Calling It Christmas (Radio Edit) Lyrics

[Verse 1: Elton John]
On a hill long ago, on a cold winter's night
In a land far away, three kings saw a light
And from heaven it shone like God's, God's own crown
And it guided three kings into Bethlehem town

[Verse 2: Joss Stone]
Oh, they came bearing gifts and so said each one
"Let's call this day Christmas from this moment on"
"We'll be calling it Christmas in, in honor of Him"
"The child in the manger, our savior and king"
Oh-ho-ooh

[Chorus: Elton John, Joss Stone, Both]
We've been calling it Christmas
Keeping the faith
Knowing the reason we're
We're saving the day
We've been calling it
We've been calling it Christmas, ooh
Down through the years
Down through the years, baby
Spreading joy to the world when Christmas is here
Is here

[Verse 3: Elton John & Joss Stone]
Oh, a simple belief was the start of it all
A small child asleep on a bed made of straw
At the back of an inn where, where shepherds and kings
First felt the joy that this moment would bring

[Chorus: Elton John, Joss Stone, Both]
We've been calling it
We've been calling it Christmas
Keeping the faith
Knowing the reason
We're saving the day
We've been calling it
We've been calling it Christmas
Down through the years
Down through the years, baby
Spreading joy to the world when Christmas
When Christmas
Is here
Is here
We've been calling it Christmas
Oh, baby
Down through the years
Down through, down through the years
Spreading joy to the world when Christmas is here
Ooh-ooh, yeah
Spreading joy to the world when Christmas is here
Christmas is here
Oh, oh, yeah
Spreading joy to the world when Christmas
Ooh-ooh
Is here
Is here, hmm

"Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas)" lyrics

Sitting here on Christmas Eve with a brandy in my hand
Oh I've had a few too many and it's getting hard to stand
I keep hearing noises from my fireplace
I must be going crazy or the brandy's won the race

And I keep hearing ho ho ho, guess who's here
Your fat and jolly friend draws near
Ho ho ho, surprise, surprise
The bearded weirdy's just arrived

Ho ho ho, guess who's here
Your fat and jolly friend draws near
Ho ho ho, surprise surprise
The bearded weirdy's just arrived

On my roof there's snorting sounds, and bells inside my head
My vision's blurred with colour, and all he sees is red
There's a pair of large-sized wellies coming down my flue
And the smell of burning rubber, oh is filling up the room

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I'm Movin On lyrics

Hank Snow

That big eight wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on

That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the Southland we're comin' to you
And we're movin' on oh hear my song
You had the laugh on me so I've set you free
And I'm movin' on

Break (fiddle)

Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal let this rattle a roll
And keep movin' me on

Mister engineer take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on keep rollin' on
You're gonna ease my mind put me there on time
And keep rollin' on

Break (guitar)

I told you baby from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on I'll soon be gone
You've broken your vow and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on

You switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a trifling woman on my main line
Cause I'm movin' you done your daddy wrong
I've warned you twice now you can settle the price
Cause I'm movin' on

Break (steel)

But some day baby when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on you stayed away too long
I'm through with you too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on

An enigmatic post on EC’s channel

The post in question is about Paint The Red Rose Blue but the link is to Magnificent Hurt. Would a details maniac make an error of that nature?

The link to Magnificent Hurt is here.

Paint The Red Rose Blue is available here.

"Paint The Red Rose Blue" lyrics

He was the youngest of five and the only son
He called his wife by a nickname as his father had done
Not the root
Not the branch
Not the flower or stem
He had the wildest of dreams but he rarely remembered them

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What was he to do?
But turn the red rose

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What was he to do?
But turn the red rose

The words that came to him
Both the lies and the threats
They arrived all too easily
But they ran up some debts
From the thunder of a pulpit
To the whispers of a lover
'Til he found that he couldn't tell one from the other

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What are we to do?
But paint the red rose

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
What are we to do?
But paint the red rose

He haunted the shadows
And waited until
They had secrets to sell him
And some practical skill

Theatrical blood is convenient to spill
He turned on the light switch and watched her undress
Oh, you'd never guess
What came next, unless

He said "All of these hours that I've skulked in the shade
The sun never struck me or made me afraid
Now she and I share unspeakable pain
I have to believe in something, in anything"

Turn the red rose
Paint the red rose blue
There's nothing left to do but paint the red rose

Paint the red rose
Turn the red rose blue
There's nothing left to do but paint the red rose, blue

"Magnificent Hurt" lyrics

After talking in tongues I began to preach
What falls from the branch is an apple or peach
Hold on to me there's a red alert
It's the way you make me feel, magnificent hurt

I took a little walk, I took another stimulant
I shed a single tear for my predicament
Don't act surprised or insolent
It's the way you make me feel, magnificent hurt

When we first met, I knew you were beautiful
You fit like the seat of a blue mohair suit
And the pain that I felt let me know I'm alive
And I opened my heart
To the way you make me feel, magnificent hurt

I speak low and intimate
Like a cardboard sophisticate
What if this is true love?
Not some town hall certificate
It's the way you make me feel, magnificent hurt

I stood at the door, and I almost went through with it
Tight as the angle of my amen
And I swore there and then as I feign and I flirt
I unbuttoned my shirt
To the way you make me feel, magnificent hurt
To the way you make me feel, magnificent hurt

It's the way you make me feel
It's the way you make me feel, magnificent

Elvis & Friends perform (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding on 12.2.2022

"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" lyrics

As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside,
There's one thing I wanna know:
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

And as I walked on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

A Paul McCartney/Elvis Costello demo from the 80s that may fascinate

Since I’m isolated and people relevant to my life aren’t authorized to speak to me, all I can do is try to follow the patterns on what’s been going on.

What are the plans of the hidden group who have maneuvered me into a situation where support has been finagled away from me? MANY could attest that my murder has already been planned and funded. Since I’m up against the ones who have shown they have little difficulty getting away with murder, I do have a very serious problem and I appreciate the artists who have been bringing light to the crimes in progress which are surrounding me. I sense a lot of musicians are seeing a replay of what was done to - at least - Prince and John Lennon and they aren’t terribly happy to just stand by while the same group maneuvers to teach me the same lesson that was taught to them and everyone else watching their friends get murdered without REAL retribution. If a group who had subverted justice habitually murders the creative and the truthful - what does that say about the present rulership which hides behind the English government at the top? Either we unite or else they’ll just keep picking us off 1 by 1. If it’s not clear by now, the real nazis are after me and I’m Anne Frank although they would hate the truth to be framed that way and they pay so much to hide it from the public. I sure do hope people can wise up en masse.

. . .

The lyrics to the 3 songs included here are below the video.

You Want Her Too Lyrics

She makes me go so wrong
(Yeah you kept me awake you know you did)
I’ve loved her oh so long
(So why don’t you come right out and say it, stupid?)
She makes me do things I don’t want to do
I don’t know why I should be telling you
I know that you want her too

My intentions are quite sincere
(That’s not what you said the other night)
And all you can do is sneer
(So go ahead and kid yourself you’re right)
She makes me do things I don’t want to do
I don’t know why I should be telling you
I know that you want her too

I’ve got a better chance than you do
I know that you want her too
You’re such a hopeless romantic
She told me you’re so predictable and nice
She only did you a favour once or twice
Once or twice

She makes me go so wrong
(So why don’t you lie back and enjoy it?)
Oh, my conscience is clear and strong
(Yes, she says I’m just the boy for it)

She makes me do things I don’t want to do
I don’t know why I should be telling you
I know that you want her too
I know that you want her too
I know that you want her too

. . .

That Day Is Done lyrics

I feel such sorrow, I feel such shame
I know I won't arrive on time
Before whatever out there is gone
What can I do, that day is done

It's just a promise that I made
I said I'd walk in her parade
Hot scalding tears I thought would flow
Still in my heart they'll never show

[Chorus:]
That day is done
That day is done
You know where I've gone I won't be coming back
That day is done

Well I recall the time and place
When they announced her precious face
I thought at once my heart would burst
Still every time is like the first

There was applause when she stepped up
I wished that I could interrupt
I made no sign, I made no sound
I know I must stay underground

[Chorus]

That's why she walks, or so they say
She always knew just what I needed
Now if she would just look my way
One time before they proceed

She sprinkles flowers in the dirt
That's when a thrill becomes a hurt
I know I'll never see her face
She walks away from my resting place

[Chorus]

. . .

"Don't Be Careless Love" lyrics

Burn the midnight lamp
Down until the dawn
I'll keep watch
Until I'm sure you're coming home
Shadows play
And flicker on the bedroom wall
They turn into a bad dream overnight
Something could be terribly wrong

Don't be careless love
Don't be careless love
Don't be, don't be careless

In my dream you're running nowhere
Every step you've taken turns to glue
Walking down a spiral staircase
Failing through, failing through
Don't be careless love
Be careless love

The lamp burns down and out
I'm getting pretty tired of this
I feel so bad
Something might be going amiss
I won't be there
So look out for yourself
You're getting in deep whatever you do
Don't let me go back to sleep

Don't be careless love
Don't be careless love
Don't be, don't be careless

Saw your face in the morning paper
Saw your body rolled up in a rug
Chopped up into two little pieces
By some thug

Don't be careless love
Be careless love

But in the morning light
When I wake up again
You're by my side
And that's the way it's always been
But in the dark
Your mind plays funny tricks on you
Your mind plays funny tricks on you
Your mind plays funny tricks on you

Don't be careless love

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