Hello again, and Season's Greetings to all! Now that I have regular Internet access again, I might just make two posts this month to make up for October. I'm not sure when, but I'll post again before New Year's.
Hard to believe we're almost at 2014, huh? People showing up 2 years late to the Apocalypse are probably thinking, " . . . . . . . . not cool! I bought a ticket, where the hell's the show!?!"
But enough about that.
On the subject of Christmas, blending it with the subject of my writing and the subject of my love for music, I'd like to take the opportunity to start a new style of post: Jukebox Day! As well as books, poetry and short stories, I have also dabbled in songwriting. So, during a time when I can post the corresponding sheet music (or in the case of today, the corresponding existing song when I can't), I will post the lyrics to songs I have written for Jukebox Day. Those who can't read sheet music, I apologize, but I have no recording equipment of any kind, and even if I did, I'm a lousy musician. It's kind of a lousy way of showcasing my talent, but I still feel the need to share something with you all this month, particularly because its the holiday season. If its not enough, my next post will be better, I promise.
A few years ago, after listening to the Thriller album one Christmas (yes, an album generally associated with Halloween, I'm quirky like that), I suddenly came up with some words that would fit very nicely into the album's seventh track, "Human Nature" (doesn't it kinda sound Christmas-y to you?). I switched a few things around, kept some of the source material, and the result is what you shall read. And the best part: if you know "Human Nature", you could easily sing this song. Feel free to improvise during the repeated chorus at the end.
IMPORTANT: I did not write "Human Nature, or any other song on the Thriller album. "Human Nature" was written and composed by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis, produced (along with the rest of the album) by Epic Records, and sung by the late great King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Any words or lines from the original song that I kept in mine are bolded for further differentiation.
As always, thank you for reading, and Happy Holidays!
Christmas
Nature
(Sung
to the tune of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”)
Looking out across
the snowfall
The city shivers in
the cold
Watch the snow fall
so gently
Twist and turn and
fold
Let me go into the
winter
The cold won’t
hold me tonight
If your love is your
gift to me
Then I’ll be warm
all night
(Chorus)
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
Reaching out
Catch a snowflake
Flakes are falling
everywhere
See your face
smiling at me
Love burns the cool
night air
(Chorus)
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
Do I sing it that way?
Do you hear it that way?
Looking out into the
sunrise
It’s Christmas
morning, can you see?
Reaching out, we
feel each other
I dream of you with
me
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
If they say “Why,
why”
Tell ‘em that it’s
Christmas nature
“Why, why
Does he sing it that
way?”
Do you hear it that way?
