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Week 43 - X​-​Ray Vision (10​-​26​-​17)

from Song A Week, Volume 2 by James Tristan Redding

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There I was 8 years old
Scared to death to find my stocking full of coal
I turned the lights off got on my knees
And said if anyone can hear me won’t you please

Tell the big man all dressed in red
While I’m fast asleep and dreaming in my bed
Find our chimney and come on down
We got the finest milk and cookies in this town

Give him step by step directions
And when you get his full attention
Let him know how good I’ve been
This year, then mention

My X-Ray Vision! It’s the only thing I need
Tomorrow morning when I look beneath the tree
Yes forget the GI Joes, the BB Guns and big TVs
X-Ray Vision, that’s the only gift for me

An alarm clock ain’t been designed
That’ll get me out the door to school on time
But when December is in the air
Good luck waking up before I run downstairs

Like a hero without a cape
I did battle with the ribbon and the tape
Beating boxes one by one
Until the last one hit the floor and I was stunned

When I was out of ammunition
And mom and dad were kissing
I couldn’t help but notice
One thing missing

My X-Ray Vision! Nothing else was on my list
I can’t believe it, how did Christmas end like this
You can keep the GI Joes, the BB Guns and big TVs
X-Ray Vision, that’s the only gift for me

Later on around the table when my daddy smiled at me
I could tell that he missed grandpa and he thought I couldn’t see
So I left my chair and wrapped my little arms around him tight
And I told him “Daddy, don’t be sad tonight”

He wiped a tear from his cheek
Took his glasses off and cleared his throat to speak
“Can’t believe it you saw right through,
When I tried to hide my heart you saw the truth”

“But grandpa watches our every move
And if we hide our feelings he can see right through
Which reminds me son, you were wrong
Because you’ve had the gift you asked for all along”

Your X-Ray Vision! You can see right through your dad
And make this Christmas be the best he ever had
We don’t need the GI Joes, the BB Guns and big TVs
X-Ray Vision, that’s the only gift you need

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from Song A Week, Volume 2, released February 12, 2018
Words and music copyright 2017 by James Tristan Redding. Registered with BMI. All rights reserved.

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

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