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A Davis Family Christmas (2014)

by ian mclellan davis

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santa claus you won't believe what i heard half of this world in darkness nothing to eat nothing underneath the christmas tree empty as could be the gifts we give our children turn into dust but family lasts forever christmas is here happiness and cheer to all the world each and every one of us *** stick close to the ones you love the most lilya be good to them don't for a second think that we your family don't have your back my goodness how could it be so that such a girl exists? lilya don't fear if you ever need a friend lilya i'm always here write me how you're doing everyday lilya i'll write you back you're young and your happiness will come lilya lilya
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Leah (2014) 01:50
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it was just the other day when i walked over to see her and have lunch with them she was standing in the kitchen waiting writing out charts of what her fractions were we walked to the store to buy a couple groceries and bring them back to where we were before gabriella i like to walk and talk with you and sure would like to make it happen more concentrating on the task at her hands transforms her fingers into works of art
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Alex (2014) 01:53
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Clara (2014) 02:14
so so close the choices that you chose brought you where you're at for a reason but everybody knows its never easy when you are so far away from home patience clara you know what to do and if you can't stay where you'd like then there's other places you might find what you're looking for and have cleaner air to boot if i ran a country then i would let you stay as long as you'd like Clara you're an asset to us Clara you are one of a kind Never feel unwanted because the freshest ginger everybody needs one don't have to fly to Cambodia vis-a-vis a visa for you the bureaucratic redtape in life will drive you crazy but never let it break you Clara you're an asset to us Clara you are one of a kind
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we had the upstairs bedrooms for many years growing up we were happy to be in proximity sister down the hall from me but now we've seen that time is ever a vagabond both doing fine just at opposite ends of the coastal line but someday Katherine we will rectify how many months go by between each visit oh how it seems that a longer life is what we need to find the time to take off work and see each other where we live and how we spend our daily lives and what we do and where we eat and what our friends are like and how we pass the time with them katherine i must confess i wouldn't be the person that i am today if not for you
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ich verstehe dass das leben kein ponyhof ist mein schatz hat mich fur das Vaterland verlassen aber ich sehe den Mond uber Kensington und ich weiss dass wir in dem gleichen Mond suchen und wo du hingehst, da will auch ich hingehen (this last line is straight up stolen from the Liebeslied in Die Dreigroschenoper and the "Mond uber Kensington" line is a reference to the "Mond uber Soho" line in the same song) Deutschland Deutschland uber alles Deutschland
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Denise it's been awhile I hope that all is well with you looks like the years and miles have come between the two of us each second a child is born needing a mother lying in a manger Vietnam or Moscow straight to you i met you as a boy you helped to bring me up that time when you chased me down our block was not unwarranted at all can't choose your family even the ones that aren't related by blood but you love them unconditionally
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Dad (2014) 01:28
red beads hung up leading up to christmas the chieftains bells of dublin playing through the house our dad knew how to make christmas something special, sacred, magical to us his children stockings by the reindeer candelabra the pole that measured how high our tree could be red and white striped fire in the fireplace time will pass but christmas with my dad will be with me always
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Mom (2014) 02:10
you and i are kindred spirits and always will be need time alone to think and question what does it all mean frugal with our humble earnings but partial to nice things anxious for a hazy future and whatever it might bring mother of mine a life is a long time mother of mine look and we will find mother of mine follow the green lights mother of mine we're all gonna be alright day to day peaks and valleys highs and lows every life is rife with worries as sure as the grass grows but while some fears are circumstantial others are not as soon as we zoom out a little we realize what we've got mother of mine a life is a long time mother of mine look and we will find mother of mine follow the green lights mother of mine we're all gonna be alright mother of mine
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what a mean little dog what a tiny, little, mean dog that's what everybody seems to think but i can tell you that she is the sweetest little puppy i can't get enough of that dog Eliška you're for me loyal, soft, and sweet you'd spend all day beneath the sheets i just cannot get enough of that dog well her mother and me are as proud as could be elegant and dignified and lazy well she wouldn't hurt a fly though she once killed a lizard but i think he might have had it coming Eliška you're for me loyal, soft, and sweet you'd spend all day beneath the sheets i just cannot get enough of that dog
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nothing like the feeling of christmas holy night nothing like christmas don't you be an Ebenezer do a good deed give a present tell your friends you love them there's no time like christmas time silent night right before christmas candle light red and white christmas stuff a stocking eat a piece of peppermint or sugar plum make merry with your loved ones or christmas will pass you by

about

this album is dedicated in loving memory to Geoff Davis, the greatest Davis Family artist of all.

this is not so much a christmas album as an album of love; christmas is just an excuse for me to dedicate time to think and reflect on the characters that make up my big, wonderful family and the changes that have come to pass over the past year.

this project also acts as a chance for me to give thanks for the new friends i have made over the year and the old ones i have kept. i am so so grateful for the talented friends i have and so touched and honored by their willingness to bring this album into being year after year.

happy holidays!

credits

released December 25, 2014

singers:
adrianne lenker
buck meek
kris nolte
adam schatz
kristin slipp
angelo spagnolo
katie vogel

strings:
rebekah durham (violin)
ali jones (cello)

winds:
maria johnson (flute)
aleks karjaka (bass clarinet)

drum set/percussion:
jason burger

album art by meghan forbes
words and music by ian mclellan davis

special thanks to jacob blumberg for the loaning of recording equipment and effects pedals, adam schatz for the loaning of microphones and a casio keyboard, jason burger for the loaning of a synthesizer, and ryan schumann for the loaning of his german expertise

This album features artists from the following incredible bands:

Cuddle Magic: cuddlemagic.bandcamp.com

Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek: buckandanne.bandcamp.com

The Parlour Tricks: www.parlourtricksmusic.com

In One Wind: inonewindmusic.bandcamp.com

Landlady: www.landladyland.com

relatives: relatives.bandcamp.com

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