Christmas At Denny's (LP Version)-Randy Stonehill

[ti:Christmas At Denny's] [ar:Randy Stonehill] [al:Our Recollections] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Christmas At Denny's (LP Version) - Randy Stonehill [00:09.05]They got Christmas Muzak [00:12.21]Piped in through the ceiling [00:14.37] [00:15.86]And the refills of coffee [00:18.27]Are always for free [00:20.16] [00:21.85]And the waitress on graveyard [00:23.85]And the surly night manager [00:26.33] [00:28.09]Are wishing that all of us [00:30.50]Losers would leave [00:33.22] [00:36.00]There's a star on the sign [00:38.65]At the Texaco Station [00:40.91]Like the star long ago [00:43.25]On that midnight clear [00:46.08] [00:48.59]As I look all around [00:50.40]At these cold empty faces [00:53.32]I doubt that you'd find [00:55.14]Many wise men here [00:58.43] [01:00.03]And I'm dreaming about [01:03.79] [01:04.54]A silent night Holy Night [01:09.34]When things were alright [01:11.01]And I'm dreaming about [01:13.63]How my life could have been [01:16.56]If only if only if only [01:20.74] [01:23.96]But somewhere down the road [01:26.27]I gave up that fight [01:29.01] [01:31.98]Merry Christmas [01:34.14] [01:35.08]It's Christmas at Denny's tonight [01:38.44] [01:47.22]Once I had a home [01:48.87] [01:49.62]And a wife and a daughter [01:51.78] [01:53.33]Had a company job [01:55.38]Earning middle class pay [01:57.73] [01:59.48]Then Lisa got killed [02:01.31]By a car near the schoolyard [02:04.85]And my wife started drinking [02:07.82]Just to get through each day [02:10.56] [02:13.65]I will never forget [02:15.94]That little red wagon [02:18.37] [02:19.10]Turning to rust [02:20.93]All alone in the rain [02:23.43] [02:26.11]One morning I flagged down [02:28.51]A truck on the highway [02:31.01]I just couldn't bear [02:32.93]To go back there again [02:36.16] [02:37.81]And I'm dreaming about [02:42.64]A silent night Holy night [02:47.31]When things were alright [02:49.15]And I'm dreaming about [02:51.88]How my life could have been [02:54.73]If only if only if only [02:58.70] [03:02.01]Well it's not just the blind man [03:04.47]Who loses his sight [03:07.03] [03:09.84]Merry Christmas [03:12.14] [03:13.13]It's Christmas at Denny's tonight [03:17.24] [03:20.43]They say [03:22.28] [03:23.05]Life's made of cruel circumstance [03:26.68] [03:27.99]Fate plays the tune and we dance [03:31.38] [03:32.87]Dance til we drop [03:34.50]In the dust and we're gone [03:37.40]And the world just goes on [03:40.97] [04:04.20]The cop at the counter [04:05.67] [04:06.63]He's the guardian angel [04:09.04] [04:10.58]He watches these orphans [04:12.83]Through dark mirrored shades [04:15.40] [04:16.60]And the register rings [04:18.61]Like a bell sadly tolling [04:21.45] [04:22.53]For the fools we've become [04:25.04]And the price that we paid [04:28.28] [04:31.09]Oh when I was a boy [04:33.73]I believed in Christmas [04:36.75]Miracle season [04:38.52]To make a new start [04:41.58] [04:43.87]I don't need no miracle [04:46.49]Sweet baby Jesus [04:48.50]Just help me find [04:50.23]Some kind of hope in my heart [04:54.18] [04:55.55]And I'm dreaming about [04:59.82] [05:00.33]A silent night Holy night [05:05.17]When things were alright [05:07.20]And I'm dreaming about [05:09.75]How my life could have been [05:12.59]If only if only if only [05:17.65] [05:20.37]But I'll still be here [05:22.26]At the morning's first light [05:25.08] [05:27.98]Merry Christmas [05:30.12] [05:30.69]It's Christmas at Denny's tonight [05:35.12] [05:37.99]Merry Christmas [05:40.35] [05:41.44]It's Christmas at Denny's tonight