It's Not My Cross To Bear
Composer(s): Gregg Allman
Performer(s): The Allman Brothers Band
and multiple other artists



I have not come, yeah, to testify 
about our bad, bad misfortune and I ain't here a wond'rin' why
But I'll live on and I'll be strong 
'cause it just ain't my cross to bear

I sat down and wrote you a long letter, it was just the other day
Said, sure as the sunrise, baby, tomorrow I'll be up and on my way
But I'll live on and I'll be strong 
'cause it just ain't my cross to bear

But in the end, baby, long towards the end of your road
don't reach out for me, babe, 'cause I'm not gonna carry your load
But I'll live on and I'll be strong 
'cause it just ain't my cross to bear

Come On Christmas
Composer(s): Dwight Yoakam
Performer(s): Dwight Yoakam



Come on Christmas
Please take me away
Keep me hidden safe
'Til January's second day
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

I'll wrap myself 
Up in the cheer
That's so abundant
This time of year
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

Even though it's just September
I can forget to remember
All the empty nights
Still in my way

Come on Christmas
Embrace me with some joy
'Til the last few lonely moments
Of this year have been destroyed
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel

I'll just let visions of the season
Blind these worn-out sights
Still in my mind
Come on Christmas
Come on Noel
Come on Christmas

It's Not For Me To Say
Composer(s): Al Stillman; Robert Allen
First release by: Johnny Mathis - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists



It's not for me to say you love me
It's not for me to say you'll always care
Oh, but here for the moment I can hold you fast
And press your lips to mine
And dream that love will last

As far as I can see this is heaven
And speaking just for me, it's ours to share
Perhaps the glow of love will grow with every passing day
Or we may never meet again
But then, it's not for me to say

And speaking just for me, it's ours to share
Perhaps the glow of love will grow with every passing day
Or we may never meet again
But then, it's not for me to say

The Gifts They Gave
Composer(s): John R. Cash
Performer(s): Johnny Cash



Jesus our King, kind and good
Was humbly born in a stable of wood
And the lowly beasts around him stood
Jesus our King, kind and good

I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown
I carried His mother up and down
I carried His mother to Bethlehem town
I, said the donkey, shaggy and brown

I, said the ox, this was my hay
I gave Him my manger, twas here that He lay
I gave Him my manger, twas here that He lay
I, said the ox, this was my hay

I, said the sheep with curly horn
I gave Him my wool for a blanket warm
He wore my coat on Christmas morn
I, said the sheep with curly horn

I, said the dove, from the rafters high
I sang Him to sleep that He would not cry
We sang Him to sleep, my love and I
I, said the dove from the rafters high

And so every heart by some good spell
In the stable dark was glad to tell
Of the gift he gave to Emanuel
Of the gift that he gave to Emanuel

It's Not Easy Being Green
Composer(s): Joe Raposo
Performer(s): Andy Hallett
and multiple other artists



It's not that easy bein' green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold
or something much more colorful like that

It's not easy bein' green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water or stars in the sky

But green's the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean, or important
like a mountain, or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine
it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be

Come Behold The Virgin Mother



Come behold the Virgin Mother
Fondly leaning on her child
Nature shews not such another
Glorious, holy, meek, and mild
Bethlehem's antient walls enclose him
Dwelling place of David once
Now no friendly homesteed knows him
Tho' the noblest of his sons

Many a prophecy before him
Publish'd his bright advent long
Guardian Angels low adore him
In a joyous heavenly song
Eastern Sages see with wonder
His bright Star illume the day
O'er the volumes old they ponder
Volumes of dark prophecy

Royal Bethlehem how deserted
All his pomp and splendor lost
Is a stable, vile and dirty
All the welcome you can boost?
For they travel, of inquiring
Where the wondrous babe is born?
On they came with great desiring
Although others treat with scorn

See, a babe of days and weakness
Heaven's Almighty now appears
Liable to death and sickness
Shame and agony and tears
Sovereign he and great Creator
He who form'd the heav'ns and earth
Yet takes on him human nature
Angels wonder at his birth

Why, ah, why this condescension
God with mortal man to dwell?
Why lay by his grand pretension
He who does all thrones excell?
'Tis to be a man, a brother
With us sinners of mankind
Vain we search for such another
Ne'er we love like this shall find

'Tis to make himself an offering
As a pure atoning lamb
Souls redeeming by his suffering
That in human flesh he came
As a God he could not suffer
He a body true must have
As a man what he might offer
Could not satisfy or save

Tho' an infant now you view him
He shall fill his Father's throne
Gather all the Nations to him
Every knee shall then bow down
Foes shall at his presence tremble
Great and small, and quick and dead
None can fly, none dare dissemble
None find where to hide his head

Friends! Oh then in chearful voices
They shall shout with glad acclaim
While each rising saint rejoices
Saints of high or lowest fame
Then what different appearing
We 'mong mortal tribes shall find
Groaning those who now are sneering
Triumphing the humble mind

May we now, that day forestalling
Hear the word, and read and pray
Listen to the Gospel calling
And with humble heart obey
Give us hearty true repentance
Life in faith and holiness
then we need not fear thy sentence
But may trust thy saving grace

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Praise the Lord

It's Not Easy
Composer(s): Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil
Performer(s): Normie Rowe
and multiple other artists



Hey girl, what can I do with you
When you take this ol' heart and tear it in two
Is it asking so much for you to be true
I'm an easy going man who takes all that he can

But I tell you
It's not easy loving you, baby
It's not easy wanting you so
It's not easy loving you, baby
But it's harder, girl, to let you go
Harder, girl, to let you go

Girl, I give everything I've got inside
How much more do you need to keep you satisfied
I put up with so much, Lord knows I've tried
And in spite of all the pain, I try not to complain

But I tell you
It's not easy loving you, baby
It's not easy wanting you so
It's not easy loving you, baby
But it's harder, girl, to let you go
Harder, girl, to let you go

It's not easy loving you, baby
No, it's not easy
It's not easy loving you so
Loving you, baby
It's not easy loving you, baby
It's not easy
Loving you so ...

Come And See What's Happenin' In The Barn
Composer(s): Gloria Gaither; Bill Gaither
Performer(s): Bill & Gloria Gaither



Come and see what’s happenin’ in the barn!
I’ve seen nothin’ like this since I’ve been on this farm!
Those strangers that camped out there have a baby in their arms
Come and see what’s happenin’ in the barn!

Must have been sometime ‘bout close to midnight
A big ole’ guy came knockin’ at my door
He said his wife was ‘bout to have a baby
And she just couldn’t travel anymore
I said the rooms had all been rented out
But they’d find shelter out there in the barn
They could throw some blankets in the stable
At least, they would be dry and safe from harm

Sometime before dawn I was awakened
Light was floodin’ through the windowpane
A star as bright as moonlight was a shinin’
And pretty music I could not explain
I ran downstairs to have a look around
I tell you I could not believe my eyes
A crowd had gathered all around the manger
And they were talkin’ ‘bout God’s big surprise

The shepherds said that they’d been on the hillside
Tellin’ stories just to stay awake
The baby lambs were sleepin’ near the campfire
The ewes were huddled by the stone fence gate
And then the sky just seemed to open wide
With light and sound that they could hardly bear
And what they swore were angels sang in chorus
“You’ll find the new Messiah over there.”

“Go and see what’s happening in the barn”
There’s been nothin’ like it ever happened on this farm!
The strangers that camped out there have a baby in their arms
Go and see what’s happenin’ in the barn!

It's No Secret
Composer(s): Marty Balin
Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane



It's no secret
how strong my love is for you
It's no secret
when I tell you what I'm gonna do
'cause I love you, yes I love you

It's no secret
everybody knows how I feel
It's no secret
when I say my love is real
'cause I love you, yes I love you

It's no secret
when you got me jumping up and down
It's no secret
'cause my heart is chained and bound
I love you, yes I love you, Yeah

It's no secret
everybody knows how I feel

As I get older
the year sake get's heavy for you
wow
It isn't any young girl
I feel like my whole life is through
yearh, when I stop
feeling how strong my
love is for you
wow
I know I'll be empty
watching your love
like I do

It's no secret (no)
when you got me jumping up and down
It's no secret
'cause my heart is chained and bound
I love you, yes I love you, Yeah

It's no secret
everybody knows how I feel
It's no secret
everybody knows how I feel
It's no secret

Christy Christmas
Composer(s): Tony Starr - Marty Symes
Performer(s): Brenda Lee



Santa's got a brand new helper
You're the first one to be told
He wears a hat that's trimmed with fur
And his boots are made of gold

His name is Christy Christmas
He's cute as he can be
He's made of wood
`Cause Santa carved him from a Christmas Tree

Christy Christmas 
Is loading Santa's Sleigh
He'll hook up all the reindeer 
And they'll soon be on their way

Christy Christmas
Is Santa's pride and joy
He picks out all the presents
For each little girl and boy

Perhaps you'll get a toyland playground
Full of skates and kiddie car
It has a great big slide bar you can ride
And swing that hanging star

Christy Christmas
Will make your dreams come true
And you'll love Christy Christmas
Just as much as he loves you

Christy Christmas
Will bring you pretty toys
Like talking dolls for little girls
And choo choo trains for boys

Christy Christmas
Will serve good things to eat
He'll give your little tummy tum
A cake and candy treat

Before you go to bed this Christmas
Better leave a snack or two
They'll be someone else with Santa
When he comes to visit you

Christy Christmas
They'll make into a toy
And all you children soon can play
With Santa's little boy

It's No Game
Composer(s): David Bowie
Performer(s): David Bowie



Part 1:

1
2
1-2-2

Shiruetto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru
Mo tengoku no giyu no kaidan wa nai2

Silhouettes and shadows
watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
It's no game

Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare
Nani ga okkote irunoka wakara nai
Doko ni kyokun wa arunoka
Hitobito wa yubi o orareteiru
Konna dokusaisha ni iyashime rareru nowa kanashii

I am barred from the event
I really don't understand the situation
And it's no game

Documentaries on refugees
Couples 'gainst the target
You throw a rock against the road
And it breaks into pieces
Draw the blinds on yesterday
and it's all so much scarier
Put a bullet in my brain
and it makes all the papers 2

Nammin no kiroku eiga
Hyoteki o se ni shita koibito tachi
Michi ni ishi o nage reba
Kona gona ni kudake
Kino ni huta o sureba
Kyohu wa masu
Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba
Shinbun wa kaki tateru

So where's the moral
when people have their fingers broken2
To be insulted by these fascists
it's so degrading
And it's no game

Shut up! Shutu...




Part 2:

Silhouettes and shadows
watch the revolution
No more free steps to heaven
Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth
Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan
And it's no game

I am barred from the event
I really don't understand the situation
So where's the moral
People have their fingers broken
To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading
And it's no game

Documentaries on refugees
couples 'gainst the target
Throw a rock against the road
and it breaks into pieces
Draw the blinds on yesterday
and it's all so much scarier
Put a bullet in my brain
and it makes all the papers

And it's no game

Children round the world
put camel shit on the walls

They're making carpets on treadmills
or garbage sorting

And it's no game

Christmas Without You
Composer(s): Dolly Parton - Steve Goldstein
First release by: Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - 1984



Christmas without you
White Christmas and I'm blue
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you
The fireplace keeps burning and my thoughts keep turning
The pages of memories of time spent with you
Old Christmas songs we knew and used to make love to
Make it hard to get used to
Christmas without you

Christmas without you
White Christmas and I'm blue
I love you I miss you
So sad but so true
Christmas without you
Like a mystery with no clues
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you

The sweetest gift I know would be if the new snow
Could fall on your footsteps on this Christmas Eve
The most joyous Christmas if luck could be with us
Would be if Saint Nicholas brought you home to me

Christmas without you
White Christmas and I'm blue
I love you I miss you I need you
So sad but so true
Like a mystery with no clues
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you 

It's Nice To Go Trav'ling
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen
Frank Sinatra; David Newton; Si Zentner & His Orch.



It's very nice to go trav'lin'
To Paris, London, and Rome
It's oh, so nice to go trav'lin'
But it's so much nicer
Yes, it's so much nicer to come home

It's very nice to just wander
The camel route to Iraq
It's oh, so nice to just wander
But it's so much nicer
Yes it's oh, so nice to wander back

The mam'selles and frauleins
And the senoritas are sweet
But they can't compete
'Cause they just don't have
What the models have on Madison Ave.

It's very nice to be footloose
With just a toothbrush and comb
It's oh, so nice to be footloose
But your heart starts singin'
When you're homeward wingin' 'cross the foam

And you know your fate is
Where the Empire State is
All you contemplate is the view
From Miss Liberty's dome
It's very nice to go trav'lin'
But it's oh, so nice to come home

You will find the maedchen
And the gay muchachas are rare
But they can't compare with that sexy line
That parades each day at Sunset and Vine

It's quite the life to play gypsy
And roam as Gypsies will roam
It's quite the life to play gypsy
But your heart starts singin'
When you're homeward wingin' 'cross the foam

And the Hudson River
Makes you start to quiver
Like the latest flivver
That's simply drippin' with chrome
It's very nice to go trav'ling
But it's oh, so nice to come home

No more Customs
Burn the passport
No more packin'
And unpackin'
Light the home fires
Get my slippers
Make a pizza

Christmas Without Daddy
Composer(s): Jay Lee Webb
Performer(s): Loretta Lynn



Christmas Day is getting closer 
But there's sadness mixed with joy
Every day a few more questions 
From our little girl and boy
Not alone, but they'll be lonely 
For their Daddy won't be here
And just like the air at Christmas 
There'll be a chill upon the chill

Christmas without Daddy 
Will be such a lonesome day
We'll send a prayer and
All our love to you so far away
Your son just wrote to Santa 
Asked him to send you home
Yes Christmas without Daddy 
We'll be blue and all alone

Christmas without Daddy 
I don't know what we're gonna do
On the present from your baby 
She wrote, "Daddy, I love you"
Your son just wrote to Santa 
Asked him to send you home
Yes Christmas without daddy 
We'll be blue and all alone

It's Never Too Late To Be Sorry
Composer(s): James E. Dempsey; Joseph A. Burke



I watched a sweet rose droop and die 
for want of rain and wondered why
the rain drops, when at last, they came
could not restore its bloom again
you're like the rose, I'm like the rain
you wanted me and called in vain
perhaps you wondered why I'm here
I've come to say I'm sorry dear

I know on God's unerring slate the charge against me must be great 
and every sinful move I've made is entered as a debt unpaid
but in the book we all know of I've found these tender words of love 
"When tears of sweet contrition flow then scarlet sins are made as snow"

It's never too late to be sorry 
I'm sorry I taught you to care
I wish I could lift from your shoulders the cross I have made you bear 
I can't mend a heart I have broken there isn't a thing I can do 
but its never too late to be sorry and God knows I'm for you

Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day
Composer(s): Lee Jackson - Pat Seymour
Performer(s): Brenda Lee



It's Christmas Eve, and snow is on the ground
Mistletoe and holly all around
Yes, all the world is happy, but since you went away
My Christmas will be just another lonely day
Yeah, another lonely day, yeah 

My tree is trimmed with pretty colored lights
And at the top, the Christmas star shines bright
Yes, everything around me is very bright and gay
But Christmas will be just another lonely day
Yeah, another lonely day, yeah 

I had a lonely September, October, November, too
But December is twice as lonely without you 

For soon it will be time for Santa Claus
And surely he will bring you back, because
Without you here beside me, my world will be so gray
And Christmas will be just another lonely day
Yeah, another lonely day, yeah
Another lonely day, yeah
Another lonely day, yeah

It's My Party
Composer(s): John Gluck - Seymour Gottlieb - Herbert Wiener - Wally Gold
First recording/First release by: Helen Shapiro - 1963/Lesley Gore - 1963
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1963 - C'est Ma Fête (Richard Anthony)
1989 - Oon Su Auto (Punainen Alfa Romeo) (Clifters)



Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone
Judy left the same time
Why was he holding her hand
When he's supposed to be mine 

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to 
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to 
You would cry too if it happened to you 

Playing my records, keep dancing all night
Leave me alone for a while
'Till Johnny's dancing with me
I've got no reason to smile 

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to 
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to 
You would cry too if it happened to you

Judy and Johnny just walked through the door
Like a queen with her king
Oh what a birthday surprise
Judy's wearing his ring 

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to 
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to 
You would cry too if it happened to you

C'est Ma Fête
((Adapted from: It's My Party (Helen Shapiro) - 1963))
((Finnish Version: Oon Su Auto (Punainen Alfa Romeo) (Clifters) - 1989))
Composer(s): John Gluck - Seymour Gottlieb - Herbert Wiener - Wally Gold - Richard Anthony
Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1963



C'est ma fête
Je fais ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
J'ai décidé
Ce soir de m'amuser

Il y a juste une année aujourd'hui
Que nous nous sommes quittés
Je vais passer cette nuit
À boire et à danser

C'est ma fête
Je fais ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
J'ai décidé
Ce soir de m'amuser

Sur le passé j'ai tracé une croix
J'ai déchiré tes photos
J'ai l'intention d'être heureux malgré toi
Et cela au plus tôt

C'est ma fête
Je fais ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
J'ai décidé
Ce soir de m'amuser

Eh les amis allons-y tous en chœur
Car tout va pour le mieux
Ne croyez pas que je pleure
Ou que je sois malheureux

C'est ma fête
Je fais ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
J'ai décidé
Ce soir de t'oublier

C'est ma fête
Je fais ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
Ce qui me plaît
J'ai décidé
Ce soir de m'amuser

Christmas To Christmas
Composer(s): Ron Hellard - Alan Rhody
Performer(s): Toby Keith; Lee Greenwood; Tanya Tucker



Seems like only yesterday
We put our Christmas things away
Now here's another Christmas Day with you
When you're in love, how time does fly
And this year that's just flown by
Had been one happy holiday for two

Christmas to Christmas
Wrapped in your arms
Love's always in season
And always so warm
Till my days on Earth are through
I will spend Christmas to Christmas lovin' you

Yes, the givin' season's here again
Time to love your fellow man
Yuletide smiles are in demand, it's true
The love we share is for all time
We'll feel its glow right through July
To melt the cold when winter flies anew

Christmas to Christmas
Wrapped in your arms
Love's always in season
And always so warm
Till my days on earth are through
I will spend Christmas to Christmas lovin' you

Till my days on earth are through
I will spend Christmas to Christmas lovin' you

It's My Life
(Danish Version: Se Nu Ham Der - 1991)
Composer(s): Carl D'Errico; Roger Atkins
First release by: The Animals - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



It's a hard world to get a break in
All the good things have been taken
But girl there are ways
To make certain things pay
Though I'm dressed in these rags
I'll wear sable some day
Hear what I say
I'm gonna ride the serpent
No more time spent sweatin' rent
Hear my command
I'm breakin' loose, it ain't no use
Holdin' me down, stick around

And baby, baby
Remember, remember
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think like I want
Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine

There'll be women and their fortunes
Who just want to mother orphans
Are you gonna cry
While I'm squeezin' them dry
Takin' all I can get, no regrets
When I, openly lie
And live on their money
Believe me honey, that money
Can you believe, I ain't no saint
No complaints
So girl throw out
Any doubt

And baby (baby)
Remember (remember)
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think like I want
Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime
But some day I'll treat you real fine

(It's my life and I'll do what I want) Don't push me
(It's my mind and I'll think like I want) It's my life
(It's my life and I'll do what I want) And I can do what I want
(It's my mind and I'll think like I want) You can't tell me
(It's my life and I'll do what I want)