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Ben Smith - Christmas Down the Shore

from Christmas Finds A Way by 93.7 WSTW Hometown Heroes

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This song and other holiday songs appear on “Cold Snap: Old Man Winter, vol. 1-6”—available on iTunes and Spotify.

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It's late in the evening and I'm done with dreaming--
the boardwalk lights got me seeing stars.
It's the bleak of midwinter, the snow's just a shimmer,
and the shepherds are walking the beach in their scarves.

It's just you and me and the roar of the sea--
it's harder to tell the snow from the sand.
The cold of December is all I remember--
the taste of the salt and the touch of your hand.

This time of year, there's nobody here--
the lifeguards have gone home for good.
No one can find us in all of this whiteness,
it's Christmas down the shore.

It's all a ghost town but we're the ghosts now
floating down streets and right through the walls
And I'm sure I saw God on the promenade
but he looks so tired from the curtain call

this blessed event, when we climbed up the fence
no one in line for the carousel
there's 5 golden rings caught in the swings
and the sunlight can't come to break up the spell

Chorus

Now on Christmas Eve, I still believe
in the tides and the swells and in you and the moon
I know that star, that's your face in the dark
and it's lighting the path right into the dunes

it's just you and me and the roar of the sea
it's harder to tell the snow from the sand
the cold of December is all I remember
the taste of the salt and the touch of your hand

Chorus

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from Christmas Finds A Way, released November 20, 2018
Written by Ben Smith
© 2014 Franklin Pointe Songs (ASCAP).

Ben Smith, piano and vocals
Matt Magarahan, drums
Tim Celfo, bass
Brad Hinton, guitars

Produced by Joel Metzler and Ben Smith
Mastered by Joel Metzler

Artist site: www.bensmithsongs.com

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Hometown Heroes airs every Sunday night on 93.7FM WSTW in Wilmington, DE from 8pm to 10pm (EST). We play all music from local, original artists and bands.

Christmas Finds a Way is the new holiday album from Hometwon Heroes. All proceeds will benefit Toys for Tots (toysfortots.org). ... more

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