Christmas Nights in Blue

Just another night in New York City

Snow comes down, looks real pretty

Don't know how, but suddenly there you are

With Jelly Roll Morton playing for the bar

Inside here, lights are low

But each song has its own glow

As he floats them through that smokey air

We just can't believe he's really there

How old is he?

Cannot say

But claims he taught Cab Calloway

And on this night I somehow believe him

Knows every song that Christmas got

Even ones my brain has dropped

Just him and that old fir tree

All lit up this night

Electric blue

Just another night in New York City

Snow comes down, looks real pretty

Can't believe, but somehow there you are

Talking with strangers sitting cross the bar

Suddenly, all are laughing

This night's smart, always crafting

Building bridges nearly everywhere

Hits a wall, it just builds a stairs

Outside, colored lights, they bleed

For snow is white and colors need

As it just comes down like pure salvation

It offers all its amnesty

And makes your neighbor different, see

By the light of that fir tree

And this old bar

Electrified in blue

I got a drop-dead simple

Childhood view of salvation

Perhaps that's how it was always meant to be

And the more I add up all this information

It seems it all comes down in the end to you and me

And you look around till you find a phone

You call your mom and everyone at home

And the bar looks on and they start to cheer

When you talk to folks you haven't seen in years

And the snow comes down

And the children play

And they pray to God

It never goes away

And a childhood prayer

Should never be denied

And the night rolls on

Till it's carolized

Carolized

Carolized

Carolized

Carolized

And on this tree

The lights are done

But the colors here are down to one

I guess it kind of fits the situation

Ornaments still shining bright

Watch them glitter in the light

Just this old fir tree and me

All lit up this night

Electric blue