IF I COULD WRAP UP A KISS
The Very First Christmas Without You
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
it’s the very first Christmas without you
but I’ll do nothing special this year
old customs are there to be followed...it’s said
so I am pretending that you’re still here
it’s the very first Christmas without you
the stars and the snow are in place
and though the fairy–lights twinkle to cheer me up
they just cannot put a smile back on my face
...
wake me when it’s over
I’m dreaming of winters past
and of Christmasses that we have shared.... I thought would last
...
I’ll just draw my chair close to the fire
so the frost and the dark cannot hide
and hope that the embers and the dancing flames
will melt the icey chill I feel inside
...
wake me when it’s over
I’m dreaming of winters past
And of Christmasses that we have shared....I thought would last
but it’s the very first Christmas without you
...
and on the presents that Santa’s left here
there are no “to-and-from” labels under the tree
with your name on...and love to me
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If I Could Wrap Up a Kiss
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
if I could wrap up a kiss
I’d wrap it in Christmas paper
a gift to someone I miss
and dream is still holding me
I can’t trust mistletoe
or ever know...it’s willing to be there for me
can’t spend Christmas Eve standing under it’s leaves
just hoping that you might show
if I could wrap up my heart
I’d tie it with scarlet ribbons
so you could tell it apart
from all other gifts you’d got
you would see it and know
loosening the bow...was all that it would take...to lessen the ache
and you would unwrap the kiss I had sent to you
season’s greetings gift-wrapped to make
you see that I just cannot live
for by-chance meetings that always take
much more out of me than they ever seem to give......
season’s greetings gift-wrapped to make
you see that I just cannot live
for by-chance meetings that always take
much more out of me than they ever seem to give
I could
wrap up a kiss
just wrap it in Christmas paper
a gift to someone I miss
and dream is still holding me
I can’t trust mistletoe or ever know it’s willing to be there for little old me
I’m gonna wrap up a kiss
cos it’s you that I miss
I’m gonna wrap up a kiss.....and send it off to YOU
A CHRISTMAS WISH
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
let bells chime
to tell every heart it’s soon time
for peace and goodwill to mankind
let’s hope that Christmastime
can bring on a change of heart and mind
let bells ring
let Christmas-card-carollers sing
melt every heart that...lies within reach
the message they bring
is practise what you preach
...
don’t let it be the darkest day
in lives that aren’t so far away
but are lived so lonely
where emptiness is all that lasts
and memory of a Christmas past
is all that coaxes them to stay
...
so let bells chime
to tell every heart it’snow time
for peace and goodwill
to help lessen the chill
of a winter within...let Christmas enter in
...
don’t let it be the darkest day
in lives that aren’t so far away
but are lived so lonely
where emptiness is all that lasts
and memory of a Christmas past
is all that coaxes them to stay
...
Vintersang
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Sigrid Merete Hanssen
kom kjære se et eventyr
månen skinner her i kveld
over vinterhav og fjell
uendelig
vakkert som sølv
din hånd skal være varm hos meg
kom la oss danse over snø
se den glitrer som en sjø
et stjernehav
lyser for oss
kom og bli med-se
at under kan skje- et lys er på vei
det skinner for deg
la meg vise deg at mørket kan bli lys
på ny
i dine øyne speiler månen seg
og frosten kysser dine kinn
kom la oss finne veien inn
vår hemmelighet
den venter på oss
vær ikke redd for mørket mer
vår lange natt er snart forbi
under snø fins også liv
vidunderlig
kom og bli med-se
at under kan skje- et lys er på vei
det skinner for deg
la meg vise deg at mørket kan bli lys
på ny
En liten klem
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Jan Eggum
Jeg står inne her i et vindu og ser
ut på snø som danser
og lilleguttspør om han kan få mer
av berlinerkranser
så ser jeg en skygge som står under altanen like ved
ånden hans står hvit
hvorfor kom han hit?
Jeg står her i skyggen og ser mot et rom
og jeg kjenner kvinnen
jeg er ganske full men jeg kjenner meg tom
alt jeg har er minner
om julen da jeg var edru, sølvgutter sang og alt var bra
nei jeg skal ikke bli
men bare gi
en liten klem til deg og gutta, et ord og en presang
måtte ta en par tre drinker før jeg turde
en liten klem
så går jeg hjem
takk for nå, ikke glem
å si gjedelig jul til dem
Jeg ser det er mye å gjøre hos deg
og det lukter deilig
jeg vet det er seint og jeg vet det er meg
som kommer ubeleilig
Jeg kan ikke la dem se deg, nei,men en pakke kan de få
nei du får ikke bli
men jeg kan gi
en klem på selve julekvelden, et ord og en presang
måtte ta meg kraftig sammen før jeg turde
en liten klem
så går jeg hjem
takk for nå, ikke glem
å si gledelig jul til dem
Vi drømte som de andre
hvor bra alt skullebli
langsveien vi har vandret
nå er mye blitt forandretog se her er vi
en liten klem
så går jeg hjem
takk for nå, ikke glem
å si gledelig jul til dem