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Put Another Log On The Fire
Christmas day's but once a year and gone before you know
All that giving and good cheer gone like winter's snow
So put another log on the fire, watch the flames grow higher
decorate your day with joy
Raise a glass, crack a smile, for a little while
celebrate come on join in the fun everyone
Beneath the mistletoe let somebody know
oh your hearts desire – by the fire
Christmas day's but once a year and gone before you know
All that giving and good cheer gone like winter's snow
So put another log on the fire, and watch the flames grow higher
decorate your day with joy
Raise a glass, crack a smile, for a little while
celebrate come on join in the fun - everyone
now its begun
now Christmas, now Christmas has come
He's coming home, he's on his way
Santa Claus is coming home today
Raise a glass, crack a smile, for a short while
celebrate come on join in the fun - everyone
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Here Comes Christmas
03:43
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Here Comes Christmas
The weather is appalling
The rain it keeps on falling
There's not a trace of snow in the air
And though the turkey's ready
The downpour is so steady
It's hard to imagine what for
Yes you could be forgiven for thinking it was giving us a miss this year
But here comes Christmas
A present laden sack on it's back
Yeah here comes Christmas
Bringing everything we lack
Cheer up Christmas
Is on it's way no matter what
So here's to Christmas time
Ready – ready or not
The streets instead of gleaming
Are full of wet and steaming
Grumbling shoppers dreaming of snow
For the mistletoe 's all soggy
It's turning now to foggy – weather
Wherever you go
But you would be mistaken for thinking it's forsaken us this year
For here comes Christmas
A present laden sack on it's back
Yeah here comes Christmas
Bringing everything we lack
Cheer up Christmas
Is on it's way no matter what
So here's to Christmas time
Ready – ready or not
Clive Williams 2012
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Look To The Heavens
04:04
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Look To The Heavens
There's a star in the sky tonight
shining clear, shining bright
It shines today as it did then
telling where and telling when
A king would come without a crown
a child of God for glory bound
It said no words but led the way
and still it leads us on today
Saying look to the heavens tonight
follow me, follow me
And I will show you the light
follow me, oh follow me
There's a light in the darkness tonight
shining clear, oh shining bright
Way above the earth below
a world of white winter snow
It's guiding light is always there
enough for all beyond compare
And if we look in times of doubt
it will be there to help us out
Saying look to the heavens tonight
follow me, follow me
And I will show you the light
follow me – follow me
follow me – follow me
Saying look to the heavens tonight
follow me, follow me
And I will show you the light
follow me – follow me
Clive Williams 2013
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Dear Santa
03:32
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Dear Santa
Dear Santa, all I ask this year
Oh Santa, is to bring a little cheer
into the lives of those all across the globe
Without enough to eat or a present to unfold – Dear Santa
I know it breaks the mould but Dear Santa, if I may be so bold
When you come to visit us this year
Why not take away, instead of leaving here
Cos we've got more than we could ever use
So I've made a little list, so you don't have to choose
It goes ...Dear Santa, there's hats in the hall,
coats in the cupboard and boots big and small
The fridge is overflowing – we'll never eat it all
It's always such a shame, so when you come to call
Please help yourself and help somebody else
To have a better Christmas – oh from me with good health
Dear Santa, all I ask this year Oh Santa,
is to bring a little cheer into the lives of those all across the globe
Without enough to eat or a hand to hold – dear Santa
When you come to visit us this year
Why not take away, instead of leaving here
Cos we've got more than we could ever use
So I've made a little list, so you don't have to choose it goes
Dear Santa, there's clothes in every drawer
books and toys and games and things strewn around the floor
I'd rather that they went to someone who
doesn't have the choices that I do
I wish it was all a bit more fair
So won't you help me please to do my share
Dear Santa, all I ask this year Oh Santa,
is to bring a little cheer into the lives of those all across the globe
Without enough to eat or out there in the cold – dear Santa
Clive Williams 2015
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Hark Hear The Angels
Hark hear the angels sing
Joy to the new born king
Hear them rejoicing
Heavenly voicing
Oh for the love he'll bring
From on high, from on high
From on high
From on high, from on high
From on high
Hark hear the angels sing
All for the new born king
Sing Hallelujah sing
Praise be to him
Sing, sing, sing
Let the joy begin
Hark hear the angels sing
Joy to the new born king
Hear them rejoicing
Heavenly voicing
Oh for the love he'll bring
From on high, from on high
From on high
From on high, from on high
From on high
Hark hear the angels sing
All for the new born king
All for the new born king
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The Choirs Sang
03:31
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The Choirs Sang
From way across the town came the sound of singing
Of voices in the air full of hope and joy
Rejoicing, oh rejoicing
rejoicing in the sound
Oh everyone could hear 'cross the hills and valleys
A message to the world how a babe was born
Rejoicing, oh rejoicing
rejoicing across the land
On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve
Choirs sang
On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve
bells they rang
Yes far and wide oh it was announced
Jesus Christ he was born this day
Remembering, oh remembering
Remembering, why again
On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve
Choirs sang
On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve
bells they rang
On Christmas eve, on Christmas eve, on Christmas eve
It began
From way across the town came the sound of singing
Clive Williams 2014
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Christmas Night
04:16
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Christmas Night
Church bells chime, sounding out across the land
clear and bright gladdening a merry band
Singing songs of a far off distant place
long ago but still full of grace
On oh oh oh oh oh – this holy night
On oh oh oh oh oh – this Christmas night
Shops and streets glisten in the winter's air
with gifts and treats gathered up for all to share
Birds and beasts huddle as they wait for spring
while children long so eagerly to begin
On oh oh oh oh oh – this holy night
On oh oh oh oh oh – this Christmas night
In December so far from June
oh we remember that joyful tune
and turn the world once more
into the place we're longing for
Try to remember try to recall as the snow begins to fall
gifts galore and festive fare why we gather why we share
On oh oh oh oh oh – this holy night
On oh oh oh oh oh – this Christmas night
this Christmas night
this Christmas night
this Christmas night
this Christmas night
Try to remember try to recall as the snow begins to fall
gifts galore and festive fare why we gather why we share
On oh oh oh oh oh – this holy night
On oh oh oh oh oh – this Christmas night
Church bells chime, sounding out across the land
clear and bright gladdening a merry band
On oh oh oh oh oh – this Christmas night
Clive Williams 2013
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8. |
Without You Here
03:47
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Without You Here
I wouldn't want a stocking full of this and that
Hanging by the fire next to my Santa's hat
No, I wouldn't want a dinner fit for a king
For I doubt if I would eat hardly anything
For Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas
Oh this much is clear
Without you here
No, I wouldn't go and gather holly in the snow
Or hang above the doorway a sprig of mistletoe
All the decorations, the presents and the tree
Would have to wait until you were back with me
For Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas
Oh this much is clear
Without you here
And friends if they came knocking and the cards they did arrive
To neither would I open – or welcome come inside
For both things would be empty gestures in my eyes
Trying to be glad would be simply telling lies
For Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas
Oh this much is clear
Without you here
Without you here
CliveWilliams 2015
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I Love Christmas
02:37
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I Love Christmas
I love Christmas – I love Christmas
The bright lights baubles and the mistletoe
The stockings hung up all in a row
I love Christmas – you know it's true
I love Christmas – don't you
The old time movies and the office do's
fresh laid snow underneath my shoes
I Love Christmas – no I can't wait
For Christmas – I'm never late
Yes I'm a sucker for this time of year
call me sentimental but oh its clear
I love Christmas – right or wrong
Christmas – I'm sad when its gone
I'm spending time with the family
opening up the presents 'neath the Christmas tree
I love Christmas
Oh I'm a fool for the king of cool
Old saint Nick really makes me drool
Christmas – yes I do
Christmas – I'm that fool
The sound of bells and a carol sung
The thought in November of it all to come
Slade being played on that radio
Santa's rosy cheeks and his “yo ho ho!”
I love Christmas – I love Christmas
I love Christmas – Christmas
Clive Williams 2013
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I Believe
03:26
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I Believe In Christmas
When I see the joyful faces of the children as they rise
To find their stockings full right before their eyes
With all the things they've dreamed of and their parents saved to buy
Oh I know once more the feelings and oh the reasons why
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe in Christmas
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe
in Christmas
When the street lights hang with snow and the doors with mistletoe
And a rainbow of colours light your way
When old friends reunite and the long cold winter's night
Are turned once more to tunes of joy and cheer it's clear – why
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe in Christmas
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe in Christmas
When a simple act of kindness to a stranger in the street
Is done without a thought of gain then I repeat
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe in Christmas
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe in Christmas
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe in Christmas
I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe in Christmas....
Clive Williams 2015
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This One's For You
03:57
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This One's For You
This one's for you in San Salvador
with sweat on your brow and mud on the floor
Yes this one is yours drenched by the rain
In Ho Chi Min city watching the trains
Yes this one is yours, call it your own
Its something for you as you sit alone
If this simple song travels that far
Then this one's for you
Wherever, wherever you are
In Sydney or Lima, in Baghdad or Rome
In Stockholm or Riga, in Fez or Cologne
In Durban or Delhi, Osaka or Seoul
In Warsaw, Sau Paulo, Kilkenny or Knowle
Oh this one is yours, call it your own
Its something for you as you sit alone
If this simple song travels that far
Then this one's for you
Wherever, wherever you are
Wherever you are
In a ghetto in Cape Town all dusty and dry
In a villa in Vaz all lonely and high
In a bedroom in Bonn or a trailer in Maine
Wherever you are, whatever your name
Oh this one is yours, call it your own
Its something for you as you sit alone
If this simple song travels that far
Then this one's for you
Wherever, wherever you are
Copyright Clive Williams 2010
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Winter
04:58
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Winter
There's frost on the willow, ice on the pond
snow on the hill tops, each blade and frond's
frozen and painted as white as the sky
Yes, winter has come in the blink of an eye -in the blink of an eye
The cattle are bedded down in the straw
The logs are all gathered and ready to roar
For bitters the wind that blows on the branch
As winter once more - leads us all - a merry dance
Winter oh winter come sing us your song
Tell us once more how spring won't be long
Winter oh winter come sing us your song
Tell us once more how spring won't be long
Out in the fields all is now still
Except for the fox - a hunger to kill
While round the fire we gladly feast
As winter once more blows in - a chill from the east
Winter oh winter come sing us your song
Tell us once more how spring won't be long
Winter oh winter come sing us your song
Tell us once more how spring won't be long
They say a lord Jesus came for us all
Born in a stable swaddled and small
With beasts all around him the stars up above
Winter became for us all - full of gladness and love
Winter oh winter come sing us your song
Tell us once more how spring won't be long
Winter oh winter come sing us your song
Tell us once more how spring won't be long
Clive Williams 2009
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A Happy New Year
04:42
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Happy New Year
It's cold and it's dark, there's red in the sky
And the shadows are starting to fall
But here by the fire as the flames grow higher
The chill of the winter is gone
Gathered together and despite the weather
we'll celebrate what's to come
So raise a glass, take a hand and all across this land
Together we'll join in one voice
For the time is here and with one final cheer
We'll see out the old, ring in the new
With a happy new year to you
Christmas is over, and the carols all sung
The mistletoe shrivelled and dry
But still in this season there's yet a reason
To break through the gloom with a smile
It may be snowing and a bitter wind blowing
But here in our hearts it is warm
So raise a glass, take a hand and all across this land
Together we'll join in one voice
For the time it is here with one final cheer
We'll see out the old, ring in the new
With a happy new year to you
With a happy new year to you
Christmas is over, and the carols all sung
The mistletoe shrivelled and dry
So raise a glass, take a hand and all across this land
Together we'll join in one voice
For the time it is here and with one final cheer
We'll see out the old, ring in the new
With a happy new year, with a happy new year
With a happy new year to you
With a happy new year, with a happy new year
With a happy new year to you
Clive Williams 2010
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clive williams County Tipperary, Ireland
My name is Clive Williams. I am the singer and writer for the band THE LIGHT. We play Songs Of Hope in a challenging world
Based in County Clare, Ireland.
As a musician I see my role as one of spreading my message of love, compassion and unity to as many people as possible.
ONE WORLD<ONE FAMILY<ONE MUSIC
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