Here are the lyrics to The Christmas Waltze, written by Phil Jackson & Jan Pulsford.
The lyrics are an unveiling of long pining emotions and bittersweet memories of losing love and wishing for it to be the way it was, once... long, long ago.
The song was inspired initially by Jim Reeves, as this is what my Christmas' as a young boy always involved.. the sound of him was just Christmas to me. The other inspiration came from the authentic old time country waltz style of music, which was very dominant in early hillbilly, honky tonk and mountain music. Which I found a lot from listening to Jim Reeves, the Louvin Brothers and Jimmie Rodgers, to name a few of the pioneers.
The rest of it comes from just the classic heart wrenching feeling that Christmas brings me and others.. that hopefully you'll all recognise too.
None of this would have happened without Jan Pulsford lighting the touch paper, saying 'lets write a Christmas song for Nashville', giving my head, fingers and voice a direction to head in. With Jan co writing, we proceeded to form the story and song of the Christmas Waltze, molding it into something to warm the heart this Christmas and the next. We hope you enjoy! Look out for the story of the 'E'
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The Christmas Waltze
written by Phil Jackson & Jan Pulsford
© copyright Phil Jackson & Jan Pulsford 2014
After the autumn leaves
I put on my ole Jim reeves
Thinkin' of Christmas gone by
I promise this year I wont cry
Cos all I remember at Christmas
Was dancing the waltze with you
Spinning around like two kids in love
when Christmas was made for us two
Step, two, three. Right, two, three
I'm left with memories
Dancing the waltze with you
Lighting the lights
Dipping the Cinnamon pine
That we used to love
Snowflakes are falling
Hanging the stars
I thought we'd always be here
Now all I remember at Christmas
Is dancing the waltze with you
spinning around like two kids in love
when Christmas was made for us two
Step, two, three. Right, two, three
I'm left with memories
Dancing the waltze with you
This old record skips like my heart
When I think of you and I being apart
(carol singers)
Ahhhhh Ahhhh
Now all I remember at Christmas
Is dancing the waltze with you
spinning around like two fools in love
when Christmas was just for us two
Now all I remember at Christmas
Is dancing the waltze with you
spinning around like two kids in love
when Christmas was made for us two
Step, two, three. Right, two, three
I'm left with memories
Dancing the waltze with you
Dancing the waltze with you
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