Red River: Music

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On this chilly winter evenin’

Put my feet up by the fire

Make a list of all my blessings

‘Fore the old year does expire

 

It’s a melancholy feelin’

When the old year says goodbye

So I raise a glass and make a toast

And think of them and smile

 

I know that life keeps livin’

And I’ll let some new dreams in

But to brush aside the others

Would be more than just a sin

 

So tonight within my reverie

In the darkness all alone

Gonna have an intimate party

With some friends from long ago

 

Hello, Mr. and Mrs. B

Won’t you come in and sit awhile with me

And Mrs. B, bring some recipes

For one who needs some

And Mr. B, have a glass of wine

I think you deserve one

 

And celebrate the times

When they were good

And commiserate over wistful things

Like shoulds

 

And we’ll clink our glasses together

Before the candle flickers out

‘Fore you have to put your coats on

And begin the journey out

 

Heaven knows that I will miss you

But this visit has been nice

And we’ll meet like this next year

And remember, talk and smile

 

That Gretsch guitar looks quite familiar

Is that you, Alice Fay, come to deliver

Some cheesy gifts you bought with collected pennies

Except the LP you picked out at JC Penney

Well, you made the perfect choice once again

That’s what happens when two people

Are best friends

 

Well, I’ve had too many glasses

So I’ll stumble off to bed

But my dreams, they will be good ones

Of bandstands and baking bread

Each December I’ll make up a fire

And snuggle in my chair

And anticipate some company

With memories to share

 

 

© 2004  Michelle Anderson