Donovan Mele & Perrino: Music

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I don't really believe that you good folks reading the story behind this song really need an explanation. People all around us are struggling just the same, and, in the same gesture, during this season of peace and good will to all people, I find a need for respite from all the "blame" we hear cast about. For myself, if I focus on the moment, and express gratitude for the loving people surrounding me, I receive in return the spiritual medicine I need sometimes.

May you find whatever path works for you to bring more peace and joy into your life.

Love

Janelle

CHRISTMAS EYES

Lyrics: Janelle Donovan

Copyright TONErecords 

What do I want for Christmas?

You ask me with a frown

And I can see the money’s got you down

So you try to explain it 

As if it were your fault

Carrying that burden must be so cold

People all around us 

Are struggling just the same

What if for this moment

We left out all the blame?

I love your Christmas eyes.

They are my treasure

The truest light on earth,

 I’ve ever known

And the steady fire that I find there

Warms our little home

Within your Christmas eyes 

I find the measure

Of all the good

 That we’ve been blessed to know

And the loving sparkle

 That I find there

Shines with an angel glow

And a star from long ago

Gives me light to see

He sent you here for me

What is it about Christmas

That we feel our greatest needs?

Does it open up our heart and plant a seed?

There’s no way to explain it

How that seed grows into love

Raising up our spirits 

In ways we’d never dreamed of

People all around us 

Are searching for those ways

That’s why I took your hands in mine

And took the time to say...

Chorus repeat and add outro below

So let your Christmas eyes

 Celebrate our life

let them shine, 

shine tonight!