Christmas at Denny's

[JimB]

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgqvAReapc&NR=1​

Christmas at Denny’s
Randy Stonehill​

they got Christmas Muzak
piped in through the ceiling
and the refills of coffee
are always for free
and the waitress on graveyard
and the surly night manager
are wishing that all of us losers would leave​

there’s a star on the sign
at the Texaco Station
like the star long ago
on that midnight clear
as I look all around
at these cold, empty faces
I doubt that you'd find many wise men here​

and I'm dreaming about
a silent night
holy night
when things were alright
and I'm dreaming about
how my life could have been
if only, if only, if only
but somewhere down the road
I gave up that fight
merry Christmas
it's Christmas at Denny's tonight​

once I had a home
and a wife and a daughter
had a company job
earning middle-class pay
then Lisa got killed
by a car near the schoolyard
and my wife started drinking
just to get through each day​

I will never forget that little red wagon
turning to rust all alone in the rain
one morning I flagged down
a truck on the highway
I just couldn't bear to go back there again​

and I'm dreaming about
a silent night
holy night
when things were alright
and I'm dreaming about
how my life could have been
if only, if only, if only
well, it's not just the blind man
who loses his sight
merry Christmas
it's Christmas at Denny's tonight​

they say
life's made of cruel circumstance
fate plays the tune and we dance
dance til we drop
in the dust and we're gone
and the world just goes on​

the cop at the counter
he's the guardian angel
he watches these orphans
through dark mirrored shades
and the register rings
like a bell sadly tolling
for the fools we've become
and the price that we paid​

oh when I was a boy
I believed in Christmas
miracle season to make a new start
I don't need no miracle, sweet baby Jesus
just help me find
some kind of hope in my heart​

and I'm dreaming about
a silent night
holy night
when things were alright
and I'm dreaming about
how my life could have been
if only, if only, if only
but I'll still be here
at the morning's first light
merry Christmas
it's Christmas at Denny's tonight
merry Christmas
it's Christmas at Denny's tonight​

 

[GrapeGirl]

A couple years ago, I spent Christmas at Waffle House. It's the Ohio equivalent of Denny's. I wish more people would know what it's like to have "Christmas at Denny's". Then maybe there would be a little more love shown to the orphans. And they would be given a home for one night.

 

[Alpine]

I LOVE Randy Stonehill - but why not pick a video with him singing?

 

[jeolmstead]

Yep....

Whatever happened to Randy?

John O.

 

[JimB]

I LOVE Randy Stonehill - but why not pick a video with him singing?

I did look for one. And that was his soundtrack, unless I am mistaken.

~Jim

The world is composed of givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.​

​

 

[JimB]

Yep....

Whatever happened to Randy?

John O.

This might catch you up …

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Stonehill​

~Jim

The world is composed of givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.​

 

[Alpine]

That's not stonehill singing, it's from something called Breakaway Christmas 2006

Here's Stonehill singing one of my favs, Turning 30


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGXXb_0p7LM

 

[GrapeGirl]

MMMbubbuchuckah!!!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yuBgu_Vxuw

 

[hislegacy]

WOW - I forgot how sad it was without Jesus.