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The world deserves a new Christmas song. A song that talks to 2020 which also captures the spirit of the festive season. Art Terry's new Christmas single It Ain't Christmas speaks not only of the moody ups and downs of a post modern holiday experience, but of the ups and downs of a Covid-19 dominated year.
Picture Marvin Gaye trying to carol his way out of a dystopian Dickensian far-right climate disaster via a Zoom call, and you have the Christmas single that the year 2020 created.
Happy holidays. It Ain't Christmas, or is it? Press the play button to find a funky merry way to begin the Christmas holidays.
ALL 2020 PROCEEDS TO EXTINCTION REBELLION
lyrics
IT AIN'T CHRISTMAS lyrics
1 *Why’s it so cold this Christmas, how did we get here? With the police checking the streets, making certain we're not there.
2 *We can only see our families, without the hugging, in zoom rooms that whizz by us, no mistletoe hanging.
1st chorus
But it just ain’t Christmas, if you're stuck on the screen, it ain’t Christmas, if you're not here with me.
if your oven won’t light, if you're now far right
3 My favourite time of Christmas, is the days before, when it is creeping slowly, to December twenty fourth.
4 The streets are always busy, everyone is leaving town, to go and be with loved ones, and to hang around.
2nd chorus
But it just ain’t Christmas, if you're stuck on the screen, it ain’t Christmas, if you're not here with me.
if your oven won’t light, if your now far right
5 I know we don’t agree with, all the politics, each feeling like a turkey, in the argument.
6 I’m hoping that this vaccine, works on our feelings, stopping us from being, horrible and mean.
last chorus
But it just ain’t Christmas,
If you're stuck in the screen,
It just ain’t Christmas,
If you're not here with me.
it ain’t Christmas
If your oven won’t light,
It ain’t Christmas
If you're now far right
It ain’t Christmas
When the oil leaks
It ain’t Christmas
Into our sinks
It ain’t Christmas
If the waters rise
It ain’t Christmas
If all the animals die
It ain’t Christmas
If ya just don’t care
It ain’t Christmas
What’s going on every where
It ain’t Christmas
If the fish can’t breathe
It ain’t Christmas
If the water stinks
It ain’t Christmas
If the birds can’t sing
It ain’t Christmas
If the soil sinks
It ain’t Christmas
If the raindeer dies
It ain’t Christmas
If you can’t see the sky
It ain’t Christmas
If we’re feeling sick
It ain’t Christmas
If we always forget
It just ain’t Christmas
credits
released December 11, 2020
Art Terry - vocals, piano
Raphael Mann - vocals, tuned percussion, drums, bass, keyboards & sleigh bells
Maree Choi - vocals
Helena Smith - vocals
Art Terry is a singer-songwriter and musician from Los Angeles. HIs songs explore sexuality, black politics and religion,
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