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Blinking Christmas Tree Lights

from While I'm Here by Steve Lindsley

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about

I used to have some good friends who had this crazy blinking Christmas tree every year - and I'm not talking about simple "on-off" stuff. This tree would flash patterns, at different intervals. It had a control panel. Crazy. Around the same time I was thinking of a friend who was struggling with things and was kind of paralyzed. Somehow those two came together in one song.

lyrics

you sing songs of your agony tales of your strife
and the way you use words it cuts like a knife
you'll go on with your dirge for the rest of your life
and then you'll cut down and hide away
well i've known you for years and i've seen how you've run
from the battles you fought when you thought you had won
you're sixteen and suddenly life is no fun
so you cut down and hide away

oh better to walk in this life than run behind
oh better let go and let love shine

you were full of such spirit you moved with such grace
everything in your world seemed to have its own place
then that tidal wave hit like a slap in the face
so you cut down and hide away
now you bathe in the glory of lone apathy
absorbed in the trials of life's mysteries
like how do those lights blink on your green christmas tree
that you cut down and hide away

oh, better to walk...

i've been where you've walked i know how you feel
when the water's all dark and you just want it clear
if god could make neon signs send them right here
you cut down and hide away
like the lights on the tree life changes and moves
and the trick to it all is to ride the waves through
but the beauty is there when you find something new
when you cut down and hide away

oh, better to walk...
just how do those lights blink on your green christmas tree

credits

from While I'm Here, track released April 1, 1999
Steve - vocals and guitar
Chris Rosser - everything else

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Steve Lindsley Charlotte, North Carolina

I'm a singer/songwriter performing for regional gigs and leading music for retreats and conferences. Enjoy the tunes!

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