[KEVIN B]

This is not a traditional christmas song, more of a realistic look at how christmas is for lots of people, and the family arguments that happen at christmas time. a sort of fairytale of new york, type of song, or a least thats the sort of feel i would like it to have, instead of the more normal fun christmas songs.
hope you all like !

cheers guys

kev !


WE'RE STANDING AT THE CASH MACHINE
IT'S A  COLD DECEMBER NIGHT
THE MACHINE SAYS INSUFFICIENT FUNDS
SO  WE BEGIN TO FIGHT !!

ANOTHER YEAR OF FALSE PROMISES
HAVING NOTHING, AND GOING WITHOUT
NO MONEY TO KEEP US WARM AT NIGHT
TO KEEP THE CHILL OF WINTER OUT !

YOU PROMISED THIS YEAR WOULD BE
DIFFERENT, BUT THINGS ARE JUST THE SAME
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS OF ARGUMENTS, YOU'
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME !
PRE CHORUS)
        THERE'LL BE NO TURKEY ON
        THE TABLE THIS YEAR,
        NO PARTY GAMES OR FESTIVE
        CHEER, JUST A DAY OF DREAD
        WHEN WE GET OUT OF BED,
        A PACKET OF CRISPS, AND
        A FEW CANS OF BEER !
      
(CHORUS)
        THIS IS NOT THE WAY,
        IT WAS MEANT TO BE
        NO DECORATIONS AND
        NO CHRISTMAS TREE,
        AS I LOOK OUTSIDE
        ALL I CAN SEE, ARE PEOPLE
        HAVING FUN, EVERYONE BUT ME
        THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE  
                

SO IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ALONG,
TIME TO MEET SOMEBODY NEW !
HAVE A CHANGE OF DIRECTION AND,
GET THE HELL AWAY FROM YOU !

CAUSE YOU HAVE DRAGGED ME DOWN
SO FAR, I DID NOT REALISE, THAT
ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE TOLD ME,
HAS BEEN A PACK OF LIES !
(BRIDGE)
        SO THIS IS OUR LAST CHRISTMAS
        TOGETHER, ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN !
        BECAUSE THIS TIME NEXT CHRISTMAS EVE'
        I WILL BE WITH ANOTHER MAN.
(CHORUS)
        THIS IS NOT THE WAY
        IT WAS MEANT TO BE,
        NO DECORATIONS AND
        NO CHRISTMAS TREE,
        AS I LOOK OUTSIDE
        ALL I CAN SEE, ARE PEOPLE
        HAVING FUN, EVERYONE, BUT ME
        THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE !!




WRITTEN BY KEVIN BOWDLER......DOC JUNE 27   2013   (C)
 

[GTB]

Hey Kevin, when I saw the title I thought there was a subliminal message there telling me to stop writing xmas songs!  Anyway I'm glad I'm not the only one doing it now 
Maybe we'll get our own Christmas section on here - a "keep them safely in the corner" area.
Anyway, your song is very sad and quite dark too.  I'm staying on safe ground for my xmas album; vampires, drunks, gluttony, massacres and toilet humour so far ;-) 

I hope you don't mind if I ignore any further Christmas songs you do until I've finished writing mine, I don't want to be unduly influenced when I've still got half of them to write :-)
GTB

[Kevin j]

they are good lyrics, just a coiple of things you could improve..
they first verse, last line, seems a bit too simple to me, i think you could improve on it.
also in the first three verses there is a ryming scheme, 2nd rymes with 4rth, but on the fourth verse there is no ryme at all, i dont know if that was meant, but to me it didnt look right after the
structure of the first three verses...

hope this helps 

[KEVIN B]

hey GTB, haha cant wait to hear them now you've told me that, nice one, i will keep an eye out for them.

kev !

[Jess]

This is kind of hard for me to have an opinion because I love GTB 's Christmas songs so much so I don't want to compare them but I subconsciously am. I like the first verse, it created a really funny picture in my head and overall it was a good song but I guess I find some of the rhymes quite cheesy and predictable- cheer, beer, bed, dread, tree, be. I think you could snazz those up a bit- it is Christmas after all.

[benjo]

hey kev,

 I like this, but if i'm honest I didn't get the feel of new York,
 I got the feel of council estate over here living in a flat above the shops,
 cause of the cash machine I think that's what was in my head anyway but that's not a bad thing
 who cares where it is, I did like it, so sorry I got the place wrong but well done tony...

[KEVIN B]

hi tony, thats spot on mate, the ref to new york was the type of song, not the place ! wanted to do a realistic song, of what it's like for lots of people, as it's not all long fun filled days, in fact it's the opposite for many people, anyway didn't wana do a traditional christmas song !
but thanks for the feedback.

cheers tony.

kev !

[KEVIN B]

hi jess, i know it's christmas, and i'm not a killjoy' lol just wanted to do a realistic song, as apposed to the more traditional, mulled wine, misstletoe, everyones having a great time christmas song, wanted to tell it how it is for many many people, at that time of year, but understand it won't be everyones cup of tea.

cheers jess.

i like GTB'S christmas songs too, 

kev !