Christmas when you were mine

[WhiteDove]

Every once in a while an artist will write a new song about the "Joy of the Season" this years offering from Taylor Swift You can download the MP3 for free below:

Here

Taylor Swift - Christmases When You Were Mine

Please take down the misletoe

Cause I don't wanna think about that right now

Cause everything I want is miles away

In a snow covered little town

My momma's in the kitchen, worrying about me

Season's greetings, hope you're well

Well I'm doing alright

If you were wondering

Lately I can never tell

I know this shouldn't be a lonely time

But there were Christmases when you were mine

I've been doing fine without you, really

Up until the nights got cold

And everybody's here, except you, baby

Seems like everyone's got someone to hold

But for me it's just a lonely time

Cause there were Christmases when you were mine

Merry Christmas everybody

That'll have to be something I just say this year

I'll bet you got your mom another sweater

And were your cousins late again

When you were putting up the lights this year

Did you notice one less pair of hands

I know this shouldn't be a lonely time

But there were Christmases when I didn't wonder how you are tonight

Cause there were Christmases when you were mine

You were mine

Edited December 26, 2007 by WhiteDove

[bowtwi]

Thanks, Dove - my daughter has been a Taylor fan since before the CMT awards and knows all the words to her CD by heart. What a treat for her to get to hear this today.

[Dot Matrix]

Well, this made me cry like a baby....

[WhiteDove]

A few years ago Kenny Loggins on his "December" Album wrote the following liner notes I always thought it about summed it up.

For many of us, the holidays are the mot emotionally bittersweet time of the year, fluctuating from the highs of reunions and the rekindling of fond memories, to the lows of alienation and loneliness. At first glance, too often we're fooled by the constant Christmas public relations into thinking everyone is having a wonderful time but us, a feeling as if we are on the outside looking in.

The truth is, we all take turns feeling it all: not only the joys of Christmas, but also, at one time or another, the loneliness too. It is only by the love we give each other that we reconnect, find the sense of belonging, of homecoming we so desperately crave. Christmas is the one time of year that tradition insists will not be ignored no matter how hard we try to modernize, commercialize, or trivialize her. She continues to remind us of our brotherhood, our responsibility to each other and ultimately, our real connection to one another, no matter how alone we may feel. Because of Christmas.

[excathedra]

thanks