Christmas Past
Jose Marie Chan

The sound of bells at early dawn
Like music from afar
Soft gentle breeze, the world at peace
A solitary star

Those joyful hymns and warm hellos
The candycanes and colored bows
All these and love are memories of
My Christmas past

Those wondrous toys of girls and boys
The cheer that Santa brings
That glorious tale of sheperd boys
Of angels and of kings

A christmas tree with lights aglow
Some cotton snow and mistletoe
All these and love are memories of
My Christmas past

Silver and gold, red and green
Colors of a wonderful scene
Memories they keep returning
And I’m like a child again

If there’s a place in time and space
Where christmas past has gone
I’ll surely try if I could fly
To see that early dawn

And share again that Christmas past
With all those who have gone
But those memories will forever live
within my heart

Fancy meeting you alone in the crowd
couldn’t help but notice your smile
while everybody else around us is going about
can we just stop and talk awhile?

I’ve been often told our world’s growing old
and that friends are harder to find
do tell me more about yourself
we could share a thought or two
now who would mind?

Maybe then we could go for a ride
drive down to the countryside
get away from the gray
and frenzied hurly-burly of the city life

Early yet to say what lies ahead
it’s the first day of the rest of our lives
can we just stop and talk awhile
get to know each other
who are we to know?
love could be waiting at the end
’round that bend and so
let’s stop and talk awhile

maybe then we could go for a ride
drive down to the countryside
get away from the gray
and frenzied hurly-burly of the city life

Early yet to say what lies ahead
it’s the first day of the rest of our lives
can we just stop and talk awhile
get to know each other
who are we to know?
love could be waiting at the end
’round that bend and so
let’s stop and talk awhile
let’s stop and talk awhile
let’s stop and talk awhile
let’s stop and talk awhile

My head’s in a jam
can’t take you off my mind
from the time we met
i’ve been beset by thoughts of you
and the more that I ignore this feeling
the more I find myself believing
that I just have to see you again

[chorus]
I can’t let you pass me by
i just can’t let you go
but I know that I am much too shy to let you know
afraid that I might say the wrong words and displease you
afraid for love to fade before it can come true

Like a child again
i’m at a loss for words
how does one define a crush combined with longing
longing to possess you oh so dearly
i’m obsessed with you completely
i’ll go mad if I can’t have you

[chorus]
I can’t let you pass me by
i just can’t let you go
but I know that I am much too shy to let you know
afraid that I might say the wrong words and displease you
afraid for love to fade before it can come true

I can’t let you pass me by
i just can’t let you go
let me say the things and say the words to let you know
i would rather say the awkward words than lose you
or for love to fade before it can come true
afraid for love to fade before it can come true

My head’s in a jam
can’t take you off my mind…