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Merry Christmas (Ya Filthy Animals)

by Peanut Turner

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1.
Say, do you feel a change out there? Electricity in the air? People crowd Fenwick's Window They're showing specials of your favourite show And Sufjan's on the radio It's Christmas Red cups keeping our hands from cold Advent calendar - am I too old? Red toboggans in the snow Children's faces all aglow Relient K on the radio It's Christmas The sun's not climbing up quite so high The moon and Jupiter own the sky Stockings hanging stuffed to blow We kiss beneath the mistletoe Barenaked Ladies on the radio It's Christmas In a manger long ago God showed up in flesh and bone And as the cattle start to low It's Christmas
2.
I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is just one girl I need I don't care about the presents Xbox, PlayStation or Wii I don't need a brand new Bentley Tricked out rims, yeah outta sight I just want to hear her gently singing me to sleep at night I just want her here with me What a happy elf I'd be Pray my wish comes true All I want for Christmas is Zoo. I won't ask for much this Christmas I don't even wish for peace Good will to all men is wishful thinking, too much elbow grease. I just want to be her "Yes Man" Help her bring "The Good Girl" out I've heard tell that 'she's got issues' and I'd like to help her out Cuz I just want her here with me Singin to me so sweetly I'll sing this one for you All I want for Christmas is Zoo. Since 'All The Stars Were Pretty Babies' I've been flawed And nowadays I hear her singin with Matt Ward But when it's 'Him and She' I wish that him was me Cuz I really wanna hold'er but my bonnie lies over the ocean so far away from me I don't want a lot for Christmas, This is all I'm hoping for I just want to see my Zooey Carol singing at my door I would chance to ask her in And then "The Good Life" could begin Pray my wish comes true All I want for Christmas is Zoo.
3.
Joy, Y'all! 03:41
Joy to the World, the Lord is come! 
Let earth receive her King;
 Let every heart prepare Him room,
 And Heaven and nature sing,
 And Heaven and nature sing,
 And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

 Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
 Let men their songs employ;
 While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
 Repeat the sounding joy,
 Repeat the sounding joy,
 Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. 

 He rules the world with truth and grace,
 And makes the nations prove
 The glories of His righteousness,
 And wonders of His love,
 And wonders of His love,
 And wonders, wonders, of His love.
4.
Here comes the cold Break out the winter clothes And find a love to call your own You, enter you Your cheeks a shade of pink And the rest of you in powder blue Who knows what will be But I'll make you this guarantee No way November will see our goodbye When it comes to December it's obvious why No one wants to be alone at Christmas time In the dark, on the phone You tell me the names of your brothers And your favorite colors I'm learning you And when it snows again We'll take a walk outside And search the sky Like children do I'll say to you No way November will see our goodbye When it comes to December it's obvious why No one wants to be alone at Christmas time And come January we're frozen inside Making new resolutions a hundred times February, won't you be my valentine? And we'll both be safe 'til St. Patrick's Day We should take a ride tonight around the town and look around at all the beautiful houses something in the way that blue lights on a black night can make you feel more everybody, it seems to me, just wants to be just like you and me No one wants to be alone at Christmas time Come January we're frozen inside Making new resolutions a hundred times February, won't you be my valentine? And if our always is all that we gave And we someday take that away I'll be alright if it was just 'til St. Patrick's Day
5.
Try to imagine, smiling through the pain, Laughing through the heartache, and you’re the one to blame. In 500 days of winter, my heart has turned to stone; I’m like Joseph Gordon Levitt, and this third rock is my home. It’ll be Zooey this Christmas, that I’m thinkin of It’ll be Zooey this Christmas, that I want to hold, It’ll be Zoo, Zoo, Zoo, that I want to hold, this Christmas. Remember last Christmas, I wrote you that song, I was so oblivious, how could I have been so wrong; I’m so blue, what can I do, now you’ve found your yes man, I’m so sad, I should be mad, but I love Death Cab. It’ll be Zooey this Christmas, that I’m thinkin of It’ll be Zooey this Christmas, that I want to hold, It’ll be cold, so cold, without Zoo to hold, this Christmas. Baby, you remember last year, when I wrote you that song; I told you I wanted you to be my Kwanzaa cutie, my Hannukkah honey, etc. But that was before I knew about him. All I want is for you to be happy. And, hey, the guy wrote ‘Transatlanticism’, and I freaking love that record! Still, it’ll be Zooey this Christmas, that I’m thinkin of It’ll be Zooey this Christmas, that I want to hold, It’ll be cold, so cold, without Zoo to hold, this Christmas.
6.
Snow is fallin, all around me Children playing, having fun It's the season, love and understanding Merry christmas everyone Time for party's, celebrations People dancing, all night long Time for presents, and exchanging kisses Time for singing, christmas songs We're gonna have a party tonight I'm gonna find that girl Underneath the mistletoe, we'll kissed by candle light Room is swaying, records playing All the old songs, we love to hear All I wish that everyday was christmas Merry Christmas everyone, two, a-one two three four (gee-tah!) We're gonna have a party tonight I'm gonna find that girl Underneath the mistletoe, we'll kissed by candle light Snow is fallin, all around me Children playing, having fun It's the season, love and understanding Merry christmas everyone Merry christmas everyone Oah merry cristmas everyone
7.
They're turning off the lights all over town Pulling all the decorations down They put a stop to pop-up shops, a wrapping paper sale When Christmas fades away. Carols disappear from radio Loved ones pack their suitcases and go And all the unique snowflakes turn to hail then sleet then rain, When Christmas fades away. Oh Lord, draw near, I don't think I can take another year; Oh Lord, come down, Cause I'd give anything to feel like this the whole year round. The tanenbaum is smelling pretty ripe As needles tingle up the hoover pipe And candles that have burned so bright now flicker and go grey When Christmas fades away. And when all is said and done it's just another holiday When Christmas fades away. January's colder than a chill And February's melancholy, still. And March leads into April, getting older come what May When Christmas fades away. And when all is said and done it's just another holiday When Christmas fades away.
8.
Speeding through white covered fields Til I see appear an angel covered in snow And that's when I feel it, refilling my soul Tomorrow I get to spend Christmas at home. Saying hello to old friends And watching their children light up at their first Home Alone. The cold I don't feel it, I'm warmed to the bone The ice on my heart melts away. Take me to where there are people I know and who know me I'm never alone. So grateful I get to spend Christmas at home. They say maybe Christmas don't come from a store And you can't buy a fix for the rot in your core But the God in the trough and the thorns in the straw, Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more. Setting one less place for food reminds me I should be more thankful for strength in my bones And that's when I get it Though now I may roam I'm here until He calls me home Take me to where there are people I know and who know me I'm never alone. I just can't wait to spend Christmas at home. And that's when I feel it Reminding my soul To be thankful I get to spend Christmas at home.
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about

A Christmas EP from me to you!

I played all the instruments/sung all the words/pushed all the record buttons and I'm not utterly disgusted with how it turned out. If you like it, please share it.

For more Christmas music not created by me, why not download one of my Christmas Mixtapes from tinyurl.com/PeanutsChristMixTapes

Check out more of my music at www.peanutismint (or 'peanutismint' on SoundCloud).

ALBUM BLURB:

I really love Christmas. Unashamedly. Aside from being a pagan holiday or cynically commercialised, I look forward to it every year. I also unashamedly love Christmas music, and have cut my teeth on the Christmas records of Sufjan Stevens, Relient K and the Barenaked Ladies. So between my love of making music and my love of all things festive, it was only really a matter of time before I tried to create my own 'Christmas record'. I hope that it brings a little joy into your life over the holiday season.

This has been the bane of my life for around 3 months. I played and recorded all the instruments including all vocals and learned a lot about mixing songs during the process, so if for nothing else, it's been worth it to achieve that, and I'm really proud of what I've created.

Merry Christmas to all, ho ho ho, God bless, let's rock etc.

p.s. sorry Zooey.

credits

released December 19, 2012

Artwork/photo by Peanut Turner
All instruments played/songs performed and recorded by Peanut Turner.

Tracks 1, 7 and 8 written by Peanut Turner.

Track 2 adapted from a song by Mariah Carey
Track 3 adapted from a Sufjan Stevens version of a famous Christmas carol
Track 4 originally performed by John Mayer
Track 5 adapted from a song by Mud
Track 6 originally performed by Shakin' Stevens

Recorded in my bedroom and in the dressing rooms of Cardiff Students Union after everyone had gone home.

Thanks to: Gareth "Cheeky" Rees for the mates rates, Stevie "Frodo" Jenkins for his Les Paul copy, Stef "Hey brother" Elis for his Fender Jazz Bass copy, Sufjan Stevens for great tunes, constant inspiration and teaching me that you can record an entire album with 2 SM57s, Zooey Deschanel for not suing me (I hope....I'm still waiting for your call, by the way....), Howard and Pete for design tips, Tim and Sammy for wanting to hear this so much, Cardiff Students Union for being a great place to work and record an album, Starbucks venti signature hot chocolates in Red Cups for fuelling my endless mixing sessions, and everyone who takes the time to listen or share this record.

And mostly, thanks to God for coming down to Earth one Christmas and showing us all what love is.

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My name's Peanut and I live in Cardiff, Wales. I like to write, perform and record music of a variety of styles. I'll be posting some of it here for your enjoyment/derision.

Some other bands/artists I really like are Ben Folds Five, Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams, Thrice, Counting Crows, Mute Math, U2, Switchfoot, Coldplay, Elliott Smith, ELO, Death Cab, Foo Fighters etc...
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