Merry Christmas
Ho ho ho
In about an hour
I’ve got to go
Drive up north
to Ma n Pa’s place
Sing some songs
And stuff my face
And play with the little ones
It’s my favorite thing to do
I’m gonna have a merry day
And hope that you do too
happy christmas!
It's Christmas eve and I'm eating a banana
And I've already practiced a little piana
And I've got to get my Real Book back
From a kid who wears a red bandana (true story!)
I spent two hours searching for it
Before it came to mind
That I had loaned it out to him
Because I am just so kind
But I got a bunch of stuff that I don't need
And it takes up space and makes me crazy
And I can't find what it is I'm looking for
The frustration is a great excuse to be lazy
But still I need that Real Book
I'll just have to order another one
In the meantime I'm playing Jingle Bells
In all twelve keys just for fun
There's lots a stuff I'd like to try
While I'm still living as a human being
Like I've never been mountain biking
And I've never been cross country skiing
I've never been golfing
I've never been sailing
I've never been fishing
But I've been Rummage Sale-ing....
Just this last summer
There's this one thing I tried
I was so scared to do it
Good grief I couldda cried
I got a longboard
and practiced in our very large hall
I felt like a dork
And that maybe I should
not be doing this at all
(And yes I did fall
almost immediately)
Yeah I was pretty insecure
With the new thing i was trying
When I took it to the street
It was completely terrifying
I never got very good at it
But I'm gonna try again next spring
Here's a drawing of me on the lakewalk
Trying this new fun thing
It is soon January
Do you have your 2020 vision?
Are you assessing this last year
And maybe wanting a revision?
I started practicing piano
For the first time in years
I'm ashamed to say I'd given it up
Due to a bunch of stupid fears
But I'm on a roll now
Practicing my 2-5-1's
Gonna get a boogie woogie left hand
With super duper right hand runs
That's the goal anyhow
We'll see what some practice can do
My goal is that by next Christmas
I'll play some piano for you
Today is the winter solstice
The shortest day of the year
And it marks the start of winter
But winter has already been here!
We have so much snow already
More than we could ever ask for
It's just piling up along the streets
We hardly have room for more
This winter will be a long one
The days move long and slow
The whole city's gonna be buried
In a mountain of dirty snow
I love Christmas
But have no Christmas tree
I don't even have a wreath
Or decorations or a nativity
There's no cookies baking
There's no Christmas lights
There's no elf on a shelf
Moving around thru the nights
I'll probably start my Christmas
On Christmas Eve
Then it will last for like a month
And I won't want it to leave
I'm always running behind schedule
I'm late with every event and holiday
So when you're wrapping up your Christmas
Mine is just getting under way
this is me, starting next week.
Yesterday at Duluth Cider
Fox news stopped by
They filmed me for the evening show
Gee I felt a little shy
And guess what this morning
I gotta go to another local TV station
I have to be interviewed there too
Which causes me a bit of frustration
Cuz I don't love being watched by cameras
Or getting my picture taken
But I suppose i'm okay with it
If they promote what I am makin' . . .
Cameras intimidate me
I don't make music to be seen
I make it to be heard
If you know what I mean
I think my lungs are bleeding
When will this sickness end?
I promise I’ll never take my health
For granted ever again
Tonight I have an art pop up
At Duluth Cider in Lincoln Park
I’ll bring lots of cough drops
So you don’t have to hear me bark
But don’t worry about germs
I use lots of hand sanitizer stuff
And even use gloves when I paint
Which should be good enough
I really hope I have not frightened
Your pretty faces all away
From coming to my pop up
At Duluth Cider later today
Yes I really hope to see your faces
I wanna see every one of you there
But it’s like minus death degrees out
So wear your long underwear!
