A Sunflower At Christmas lyrics

Snowboardin'

Well it's comin' on christmas
There's only four shopping days
When they're fighting at the checkout
It's maybe time to get away
Oh baby, we've been wastin' time
It's a cliché, but it's such a crime

If you're feeling kinda wasted
And the bright lights lost their lure
It's a grown up condition
With a guaranteed teenage cure
Snowboardin', bring your jaded friends
Snowboardin', make them young again

You could bring that snow hat
You bought and didn't wear
It doesn't really matter, baby
I'll be glad if you're there

Snowboardin'! Snowboardin'! Snowboardin'!
It's the only way to live
The only way to get your kicks on

Snowboardin', try a rail slide baby
Snowboardin', or the roast beef maybe

Well they're spinnin' 540
In sallopettes and orange mitts
It's a glamorous occupation
In Aviemore and St. Moritz
Snowboardin', bring your jaded friends
Snowboardin', make them young again

When we've finished slidin'
We can chalet all night long
And wake up in the morning breathing
Clean fresh air, glad you're there

Snowboardin'! Snowboardin'! Snowboardin'!
It's the only way to live
The only way to get your kicks on

Winter Roads

Looking out, branches stretch across the avenue
4pm, children trampin' home from school alone
Daylight's almost gone
Christmas lights are comin' on

Birds flew off, November was the colour of my world
Couldn't sleep, couldn't bear to see the dawn
Drove my car into the rain
Had to start it all again

But I never thought winter roads would lead me
Into such an enchanted place
Never thought the light of love would fall on my face
Now we're gonna have a christmas we can believe

Winter roads, stretching out across the world ahead
Let's drive on and maybe find a place to land
Thank you dear, you brought the sun
Lit it up and left it on

And I never thought winter roads would lead me
Into such an enchanted place
Never thought the light of love would shine
And fall upon my face
Now we're gonna have a christmas we can believe

Blue December (In The City)

Blue December in the city
Pretty girls in winter clothes
All the streets so lonesome
Christmas lights like confetti in the sky
Spinning round and round

But I know
I'll find a new December in the city
As the world goes by in rhyme
All my words have flown some other place
On a satellite in space
Spinning round and round
In my mind, I'll work it out in time

It's easy
But don't think you're above
The ins and outs of love
Well, nothing's really true
And lately
I've struggled to contend
With nights that come in soft and blue
And find me in a dream of you

And later, when we're older
Many more years down the line
Will we gaze in wonder at the love we've squandered?

Never mind
We'll work it out in time

Snow Plus Christmas

Beautiful girl, the christmas bells
Are ringing through the town
The sky's been sprayed the darkest blue
So lay that burden down

Everybody needs a chance for freedom
Everybody wants to fly

We can fight on, we can stay strong
If we've got snow plus christmas
Just a few days celebration
And love to burn your tears away
So hold on, baby, hold on tight

Turn those coloured tinsel stars
To shine outside the fold
On every strange and worried child
Standing in the cold

Ice Race

Instrumental

The Snow Lamb

When christmas comes they clear the path
The forest deeps and blossoms swoon
A snow lamb waits beneath the hill
Her frosted breath across the night
One day you'll grow

They saw her there one christmas eve
If memory can be believed
She sped away then crept back in
And danced away and back again
Kind children won't you follow me?
Beyond the world into the trees

Inside a clearing there she was
They stumbled in on stars and moss
The snow lamb spoke and dipped her eyes
The valley bright with fire flies
I've been a child a million years
I saw the lord and kissed his tears

Away in a Manger / A Sunflower at Christmas

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The little lord Jesus lay down his sweet head
The stars in the night sky looked down where he lay
The little lord Jesus asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
But little lord Jesus no crying he makes
I love thee lord Jesus look down from the sky
And stay by my side until morning is nigh

She gave me a sunflower at christmas
To light up the dark with memories of summer
She gave me a sunshine parade of pure love
Silver bells, oranges, snowfall and stars

Be near me lord Jesus, I ask thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me, I pray
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care
And fit us for heaven to live with thee there
And now I walk this forest floor
To bring you gifts from nature's store

A sailing boat of leaves and hay
A silver coat of moonlight rays
A jewelled string from drops of dew
A star to light the path for you
She spun a ruby web from the berries
One day you¹ll grow

You wake up on a city street
With fuzzy head and aching feet
Then hurry on and feed the till
And wonder if she sleeps there still
One day you'll grow

When Christmas comes they clear the path
The forest deeps and blossoms swoon
A snow lamb waits beneath the hill
Her frosted breath cuts the night
One day you'll grow

Lyrics reproduced with the kind permission of David Scott.