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Bag of Old Satsumas

from Bag of Old Satsumas by John Vallis

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY.

I wrote another Christmas song and it only took me the whole afternoon.

It's up there with Jingle Bells if you ask me or something by Slade.

NOTE: I made this on my new, under powered laptop, with none of my usual plugins or software. It is what it is.

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Staring at the Amazon store front
I've been shopping for days now
I've had enough

Can't even write a list
How the hell does Santa do this?

I've heard it's all in the giving
But if you're gift-less
They'll loose that loving feeling

You're gonna have to settle
For what I've got
Which is a bag of old satsumas
And a lot of love
It might not be gold or frankincense
I'm far too stingy
It's Christmas who cares what you've spent?

I waited for Black Friday
Shoppers so ferocious I got myself a black eye day

Considered something homemade
But my baking won't last until the big day

I've heard it's all in the giving
But if you're gift-less
They'll loose that loving feeling

You're gonna have to settle
For what I've got
Which is a bag of old satsumas
And a lot of love
It might not be gold or frankincense
I'm far too stingy
It's Christmas who cares what you've spent?

I've bought you something special this year,
And I promise its not from Poundland
It's from somewhere far more upmarket
Somewhere more prestigious
Where every little helps
And no, you don't recognize that wrapping paper,
No you don't
And the best thing is,
If you don't want it
If you really don't want it
I'll have it

You're gonna have to settle
For what I've got
Which is a bag of old satsumas
And a lot of love
It might not be gold or frankincense
I'm far too stingy
It's Christmas who cares what you've spent?

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from Bag of Old Satsumas, released December 1, 2016

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John Vallis UK

As a young composer from the New Forest in The United Kingdom, John Vallis' work is primarily minimalistic with heavy influence from contemporary film scores. With pop artists like Kate Bush influencing the way John composes the use of repetition and 'hook' flows throughout his body of work. ... more

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