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An indie hiphop Christmas album....the perfect digital stocking stuffer. www.myspace.com/christmastour

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released 01 December 2005
by Dan Smith & Nathan Corrona

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Hi, we are a talk music band from Georgia (dan) and Nevada (chris) called Listener. Dan and Chris have been making music ... more together on the road since 2007. They have put out two albums so far, and they are the best yet for Listener in our opinion. Dan is the vocalist and Chris makes the music. The both of us would love to come to your city and play. You can talk to us. We are normal humans. less

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Track Name: It's Christmas time again, so come on home to the FIRE
Oh the weather outside is frightful
but the fire, well the fire is right there laughing at you
you've got no place to go
let it rain, let it pour, let it snow.
it doesn't show signs of slowing
and that's just your luck, but that's just how you are
your heart is turned way down low
let it rain, let it pour, let it snow.

it's october 25th and I can see the first signs
there's an elf riding a reindeer in the store near the blinds
with a wreath around his neck and a froth on his lips
he yells at me and pumps his sweaty little fist
and declares war, a war that we know all too well
but then he smiles and rings his dirty little bell
and it's in the papers it's on the shelves it's in your face
santa and his holiday have come to this place
for sure, OH be sure that you know it
I'm worse for the wear and I hope it's not showing
fall is over now time goes by so fast
it's all over now I knew it couldn't last
there's a reason and I'm sure someone will remind me
but I have shopping to do so get behind me (and push)

it's november 25th and oh my we're moving now
just had a second of thanks, but it's time to run the plow
I've got an idea turkey let me tie your feet with wires
and AMERICA size you and then throw you on the fire
and lick our lips and let our eyes roll like marbles
and trash another tradition fill our stomachs till we warble
it's my fault too, I get too busy putting things off
and waste away my thoughts with ones that I've bought
and we've paid a heavy price gladly let's top it with oil
and grease down the wheels so our brakes won't spoil
the fun at the end of a gun
doing what we're told to do can be so much fun
it's time to celebrate oh ye of little faith
so fill your carts with garbage to decorate your cage
so happy shopping holiday and please help the economy
and say a prayer for your bank account and GOD BLESS the bombing

Oh the weather outside is frightful
but the fire, well the fire is laughing at you
you've got no place to go
let it rain, let it pour, let it snow.
and it doesn't show signs of stopping
but that's just your luck, and it's just how you are
why is your heart turned down so low
let it rain, let it pour, let it snow.

It's December 25th, so go tell it on the mountain
that's it's finally here and your tree looks like a fountain
exploding with gifts and lights and returns
for the stores, we all pray it won't burn
your home this year for hot cider and regret
and guilt trips hanging low near your heavy head
put your shoes on it's time to run through the motions
and mix some anti depressants up in the potion
what have we done? remembering the reason
looking out for number one is the theme of the season
you've made your list and you've checked it a hundred times
but you forgot to mention who came for you to be tried
and killed and buried only to rise again that day
maybe that's when you'll have a happy holidays
God bless America? how about America Bless God
and love others like ourselves
Track Name: You know he knows don't you? Well, he knows regardless.
there's a man holding court tonight down in your mall
with a silken white beard, and a smooth southern drawl
and boots, so black almost plastic in make
and he waves his hand for your dreams to take
he knows, and you know he knows
with ferns and cotton and bells and lights
and candy cane structures so tall and bright
he sits in judgement with attentive ears
and takes in your whispers, hopes and fears
and you need those things, you need em for your heart
you need em for your hands, and you'll never part
he's draped in red and cloud like white
but he's made of flesh and blood just like you and I
he's coming tonight and you can't stop it
he's coming in your house, don't try and stop him
he wants your dreams he needs them for his flight
and he'll take them from your head and turn them to delight

--he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake
--people he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake
--he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good, OH be good.
--because he'll get you.

He knows if you're one of God's people
some how he has these powers
just mix the letters around and you'll get Satan
I'm not making this up you know it's true
he looks so harmless but don't be mistaken
look in his eyes and you'll know he'll get you
he flies around the world with deer and magic sprinkles.
like a thief in the night, but with a certain jingle
jangle and he spreads the cheer and toys
for only the truly good girls and boys
and how he knows it, I don't know how but he knows
oh be sure, he knows your thoughts and it shows
You better watch out, you better not cry
you better not pout, oh I'm gonna tell you why.
SANTA CLAUS is coming, oh he's coming, he's coming
you won't even know he's there
he's so good at what he does
but he'll leave your cupboards bare
if you don't leave cookies near the rug
you better be good, just be as good as you can be.
and you won't be like me, don't be like me
and he knows, you know that he knows
you know he knows that you've been bad this year
and you know he knows all about your fears
and you'll get the stuff regardless of it all
it's because of the tears, just let those tears fall
and he sees your sorry and you haven't been good
but coal is an old practice and so misunderstood
we've all been naughty and not so nice
but it's when we're sorry for it, that's what's nice
and he respects that, he knows, he sees you

--he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake
--people he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake
--he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good, OH be good.
--because he'll get you.

I've never seen him, but I fear him
and I've seen his blessing because of that fear
he has those elves make gifts for us all
as he looks in to his magic snowball
he knows, he can see you, be ready, BE READY
Track Name: Do you see what i see what I see? I hope so
I sit alone in a four cornered room staring at candles
oh ok santa is coming
let me talk about that right here

tonight I can't sleep I toss and turn
visions of chestnutts on the fire being burned
I'm anxious sleeping with one eye opened bigger
than the other to see if santa is real like I figured
my mothers always stressing I aint asleep tonight
but I aint going out without a sight
every time my eyes close
I start dreaming about sugar plums and fairies on my nose
there's somebody up in the back
but I don't know who it is so I put on my slacks
I can hear him on the roof from deep in the covers
I throw open the window & I don't see the brother
he owns a red wizard hat like I own
a red suit and a candy cane like my own
some might say take a chill b
but I believe so much that I have to see he
I'm sitting near the tree when the wind blows
every 20 seconds through the chimney like a window
I set all my traps
and check my video as I pass
now I'm staring at the elf at the corner
It's messed up when your mind is playing tricks on you

this year Christmas fell on a weekend
so me and dj dust are fake sleeping
waiting for the sleigh to pass
hiding on the roof with clubs and masks
hoping for a chance to use this mace
I hear the bells & my heart changed pace
we'd be in for a squab no doubt
then we came to our senses and went back in the house
he wouldn't really come we figured
but then we heard the sound get bigger
and just as it came it began to leave
then I heard the voice that haunts my sleep
so we started yelling at em
dropping them deepspace bombs on em
the more I screamed the faster he flew
then he disappeared and dust disappeared too
I hope you know just what I mean
I wasn't even close to christmas eve
it was june and I was laying on the street
my hands were all bloody from punching on the concrete
oh well homie
my mind was playing tricks on me
Track Name: Hey, those herald angels are singing again. Listen
well, those angels they're singing again
oh ye of little faith you can't see it
they're on the clouds, peace on earth good will to men
they sing it from the heart and they mean it
and I can't quite prove that it's real
and it's more than just something that I feel
Glory to the newborn king
as they sing, oh just let them sing
and I'll go along with it because of who they are
so ominous they've come from so very far
I don't have the answers but I believe it
It sounds kind of crazy but I need it
we all do, it was planned before time began
for a woman and a man to be dealt this hand
and a baby would come to be a man
and be born that day in bethlehem
and there was no room anywhere for the birth
in a stables he was born the king of all the earth
so humbly they weep the story for us all
to tell of all his glory the angels one and all
singing

well, those angels they're singing again
oh ye of little faith you can't see it
they're on the clouds, peace on earth good will to all men
they sing it from the heart and they mean it
he is the perfect reason why we celebrate
we pervert it make it ours try and dominate
why do we feel the need to water down
what he came to do, bear the cross, wear the crown
just calm down, calm down and breathe
and let this cold breeze break you down to your knees
as the angels tell it he came for anyone
he loves everyone, take the cross, choose his son
he was born, lived, and died, and reigns for you and I
it's the hardest thing for me sometimes to live by
but I try and I fail, I'm a sinner and a fake
but trust me when I say this path I gladly take
and I can't really say it like I feel it
but when those angels sing it In my heart I believe it
Glory to the newborn king, can you hear it. oh just listen

well, those angels they're singing again
oh ye of little faith you can't see it
they're on the clouds, peace on earth good will to all men
they sing it from the heart and they mean it
and he's sleeping now he has no pillow for his head
wrapped in rags instead, only hay for his bed
he was homeless when he came to this earth
humbly as a child he was born with much worth
and the angels scream it for the crowds
they climbed high in the clouds and sung it so loud
their king was born & they gathered through the night
while the stars shone bright to guide their flight
and they sing, they sing it so loud, they sing it so proud
can you hear it right now. oh listen
Track Name: Don't touch the drums boy
Don't touch the drums boy that's the theme of the evening
and if I catch you near them you'll get a real good beating
the man said to his face, said it wasn't his place
but he didn't listen, grabbed the sticks and began ripping
he started with the right and then with the left
and back again and again till it hurt his chest
and he drums out, it's all he has to bring
he has no gifts for a king, no gold or rings
and he plays for justice, freedom and for life
in his hands he continues all throughout the night
and he's just a boy, he's a boy with no tomorrow
head filled with truths and lies and he borrows
he borrows the rhythm the 1 and the 2, and it speaks to you, it speaks to you
come and play they told him then, we need what you have to give
I have nothing for a king he said, nothing but this rifft
and he played his drum for him, he played his best for him
he gave his gifts to him, he gave his best to him. oh no

and we wait for gold, for perfect hearts and homes
we wait until we can afford to come to clean to the throne
and that boy had it right, he knew what he had to give
it wasn't big or expensive it was his best that he lived
and somehow he knew it, I don't know how but he did
he figured it all out in his heart in his head
and I'll tell the stories, it's all I know how to do
while dust plays out the drums out for me and you
please give your best don't think your gifts are small
that's what he wants from us more than all
but we have to be brave and push right up to the front
even if people tell us that's what no one wants
and in your heart you know what you have to give
this Christmas put others first in how you live
and give Christ the glory in this very special way
after all it's his birthday have a happy holy day
Track Name: Silent night, holy night, all is bright all is BRIGHT
And if it snows in florida this year
we'll feel so sorry for you all
and try & drum up as much support as we can get
that would help you all get through this squall
but for now please people try and focus
& pray your dad gets the Christmas Bonus
and that you'll all get ponys and ride them slowly
through the open plains with all your homies
let's all wish for clothes a big 'ol pile
to drape over our skin & make everyone smile
there's cars and toys and cameras and candy
packed high to the sky with more out on the landing
bikes and sleds with all the bells and whistles
and barbie dolls with hair and tanks with missiles
oh deck your halls with all the latest crap
buy robots that chat and pet your cats
cd players that can play tapes and records
and wireless controllers and can cook you breakfast
and when you look outside it all seems so bright
silent night, all is bright
turn on your lights leave on your lights

and it might snow in Hollywood this year
what a tragedy for this bunch
and I don't want to dwell on that fear
but we have to be ready to give to the more fortunate
anything you can scrape up they're allergic to cheap
prada and gucci might be a need you could meet
please drop everything off so well wrapped
or they can't take it home the door man might laugh
just be considerate when making choices
think about their families, will it fit in rolls royces
nothing tacky just use imagination
really open up your wallet & put smiles on their faces
people we have to help out or no one will
and take meals door to door in beverly hills
help the gardening staff hang the lights outside
hang em high and bright but the cords we'll try to hide
and volunteer with the maids to hang all the wreaths
and chop down the three story tree
and hoist it there up in the atrium
rent a children's choir and a boy with a drum
please help out this christmas season
or a well off family won't believe in the reason
and it's a silent night, all is bright
turn on your lights please leave on your lights
Track Name: That leaf sure is heavy, But you have to turn it over
bring it on, bang the gong, sing the song
grab a friend, arm in arm, sing along
it won't be long, let's all be strong
aint nothing wrong with some auld lang song
we got party favors, & times to savor
spending time with friends & neighbors
no time for haters, even if you're a stranger
everyone's welcome come soon stay later
another year is here, don't fear
just pack your ears with some hope and cheer
and resolute just like old times
old friends of mine, old songs that rhyme
looking back on the past, real fast
hope it last with the cast on blast
when I pass, this task don't test or ask
taking out the trash with the old & ash
singing aint no sunshine at midnight
but it's so warm when you're all around
countdown, we found the sound
burn it down to the ground
all around downtown
on the mound with the nouns
ready to pound the past I've found
out with the old & goin the rounds
bring it on new year, hopes & fears
learn through the years whether laughs or tears
confetti's ready, gettin heavy, hold it steady
3 2 1, and drop the levee