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The Clamplamp Parade, A Holiday Compilation (Do Not Gather, 2020)

by The Clamplamp Parade

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brutherjohn Bought this back around when it came out in the holiday season, on a Bandcamp Friday, but just really listening to it. It is sublime. Every cut Start to finish. I can't want to look out for and see some of these acts live, when that kind of thing happens again!
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Street-light Clorox-bottle Ornaments and fire engines You told me make a secret Heed not my faint suspicion Our fire department St. Nicholas Laughs just like Mr. Trigleth In a faulty white beard And Mr. Trigleth’s never here I have a faint suspicion You’re sneaking gifts up the street again For boys and girls less fortunate All bundled in your custom Russian hat Their folks may sigh a humble hooray Just like the Newport Christmas Parade New clothes never quite fit you And I have a faint suspicion Gary raid your top-shelf shirts again Old Christmas gifts unopened I failed to find a book on Tom Jefferson You laughed when I library-borrowed them Wrapped up like gifts meant just for you Enjoy before they’re overdue
2.
Looking out through frosted glass Winter evening, year is passed Cold is chased away by flame Never feel this warm again Moon is long, it’s old Feelings right as we are told Winter solstice, feel the glow Running round, the year must go The tidings over radio Waves are quieted by snow Bundled up you hear the horn Calling out for Christmas morn Carols sung, bells rung to it And there is joy in hearing it …. Angels sing Birds have gone, tops of trees Snowy drifts on bed of leaves Coloured lights atop those trees Yuletide hallowed glow Winter solstice, feel the glow, running round… the year must go This night. through the stars & sky This night. Christmas Eve. Brightly shone, this time of mine The year just running away, to my dismay My one wish will be For kindness to thee On Christmas day
3.
Staring out the window too excited to sleep Tomorrow morning’s waiting with anything head full of mystery can’t wait to see what will be sitting underneath the tree gift wrap goes flying up everywhere mom with the camcorder to catch all the cheer collapsing to the floor overwhelmed with excitement for Nintendo 64
4.
my grandfather sings like soft cello strings my mother sings like a trumpet my brother sings like he’s busy and movin shameless changing coasts and skylines your thumb is a hammer driving us home tappin the beat of my heart as i’ve grown can’t take it for granted just bein alive that i get to come home see your face in these lights i wanna see you and hold you like you held me when i was just little and snow got in my glove and all there was was love and all there was was love and all there is is love and all there is is my heart like a hammer drivin us home tappin the beat of your love as ive grown can’t take it for granted just bein alive that i get to come home see your face in these lights
5.
Santa, can you hear me? Do ya want my list of things? All I want for Christmas are brand new knees, while you’re at it take away my responsibility Santa, do you ever get cold, Driving that sleigh around the world? But god damn I bet ya seen some things Sliding in and out all those chimneys. Santa, how’s mrs. clause? Does she miss you when you’re gone? Does she trust you with all those foreign women? She’s got one shot a year at life without you in it. She’s got a long list, but she’s been bad this Christmas. Santa, one more thing, all I want for Christmas is world peace And for my garden to grow green. But I’ll settle for the world to stop burning. And Santa, if you’re still there, take away the mess and leave me the affair Because a secret is fun to keep And I need room to breath. I’ll get naked and dance around sing jingle bells till I pass out. I’m drinking heavily lord help me now and there’s green and red tinsel all through the house. I'm watching black and white movies on rerun where the snow is falling everyone’s in love I’m getting paranoid cause I got a long list and I’ve been bad this Christmas
6.
Lights still dress the yard Ceramic figurines, in windows standing guard The driveway’s missing cars. Such a drag Paint a picture in my head, of what I’m Missing. Is this still… Christmas? The scene inside the room Mother sets the stage, Father picks the tune. The children will call soon. What a thing Everybody on a screen Smiling. Is this still… Christmas? A stranger holds the screen Grandma’s in her chair Body atrophying. Can she possibly conceive? Or is it just a dream, Some forgotten gleam? Waiting. Is this still… Christmas?
7.
Hark the herald angels sing All hail the baby newborn king Can you help us Can you give us a sign Are you really divine? Hark the herald angels sing A child has come from Galilee Can you help us With your power and might Are you really divine? Hark the herald angels sing Clothed in royal majesty Can you help us Would you give us your life Are you really divine?
8.
Pinched by the close pins We dry from the sandy water again, just hanging out How did you do that? Laying so calm in the ocean Next to the dolphins Cuz brother, you knew me When we would scamper Past the azaleas Next to pecan trees It’s a legend of the fireside That we could fill some bags with sand In the evening, luminarias Christmas evening, luminarias Braided in a schedule Our eyes are in the clutches of eagles It’s hard to look away I’m anchored by turquoise From grandma A bright star in the black sky Too soon come the words That one of us will one day leave A washcloth on his head I’m playing cello by her bed It’s a legend of the fireside That we could fill some bags with sand In the evening, luminarias Christmas evening, luminarias In the evening, luminarias Christmas evening, luminarias
9.
Trimming down the end of year Thanksgiving gone my dear No leftover drink to cheer Decorations switching gears Missing quiet falling snow Thinking it should be more cold Not aligning with the golden Holiday memories of old What’s gonna be my Christmas wish If I make it to the end of the year that is Who’s gonna be my New Year’s kiss If I make it to the end of the year that is Hanging lights to steer the dark Away from bringing down my heart Getting beer from Village Market Waiting for the glow to start Looking at my gift for you Sitting silent not a clue It shall be returned in due Time to settle down anew
10.
It doesn't snow here 'til after New Year's When it's cold finally, it mostly ices the trees I lie awake with the year's mistakes When I think of holidays, I think of leaving this place Do you recall — the strangest feeling of all? Empty streets, without you or me It's snowing, it's sleeting, all our time is fleeting It's raining, it's pouring, if you're bored, you're boring It's snowing, it's sleeting, it bears repeating, It's raining, it's pouring, if you're bored, you're boring Do you recall -- how we were in the fall? I'll mail the shirt you left to your new address Merry Christmas
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You're keeping me awake I can't sleep a wink You'll keep me awake So I can see what you see Cause you believe the sounds in the night

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Album art: “Xmas Eve on the Ave” color woodcut by Tony Lazorko (grandfather of Nicholas Lazorko Brower/Circle Verse)

The Clamplamp Parade is a holiday compilation featuring 11 original songs from songwriters across North Carolina. We just wanted to foster a little inclusivity and community warmth in a year that feels so disjointed without live music or face-to-face collaboration. All proceeds will be split amongst the 11 acts.

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released December 5, 2020

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