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Ghosts of Christmas

from Ghosts of Christmas by Dare Dukes

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lyrics

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The Christmas lights they flicker red, green, and white,
Hung in the baggage claim by an irate overtime janitor.
This time of year it's crazy 'round here.
Elbows and packages crammed into cabs with drunken strangers.


Chorus
The children chew on cellophane.
While the fat actor rings for pocket change
This time of year it's crazy ‘round here.
This time of year it's crazy here.


CNN calls for blizzard through the East.
We at the terminal bar share a laugh and reach for cell phones.
Outside the shapes of planes stuck at gates covered in snow.
We are ghosts of Christmas and we're cheered to never get home.


Chorus

Fa la la la la la la...


Bloodshot and tipsy we flirt between Parchese moves,
Avoiding questions about the relations pictured in wallets.
A touch the hand when peanuts are passed back and forth.
In my eyes I suspect you surmise my love of airports.

The terminal's quiet as the sick and tired snore and wheeze.
We are the ghosts of Christmas and we have all we need.
We are the ghosts of Christmas and we do not need.


Chorus


Fa la la la la la la...

credits

from Ghosts of Christmas, released November 29, 2011
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Written by Dare Dukes.

Co-produced by Dare Dukes and Suny Lyons.

Recorded and mixed by Suny Lyons at Popheart Productions, Athens, GA.

Mastered by Alex McCollough at Yes Master, Nashville, TN.

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Dare Dukes: banjo, lead vocals
JoJo Glidewell: keys
Liz Hartin: French horn
Suny Lyons: bass, Moog, percussion, vocals
Laura Wrenn: vocals

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Dare Dukes Savannah, Georgia

Dare Dukes’ orchestral folk pop is a striking combination of incisive intelligence and sweet, doleful hooks. Looking past the shiny surfaces of American life, the Savannah, GA-based composer and band-leader chronicles the everyday world, mining the margins for the eccentric characters and bizarre events that are at the heart of his music. ... more

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