Christmas

Archive for January, 2008

Joy to the World is a timeless Christmas song. Below is the lyrics to Joy to the World. Since the original Joy to the World Christmas song, there as been other newer versions of Joy to the World by famous pop (and even rock) stars of today. Charlotte Church, for example, sang her version of Joy to the World Christmas song. Hilary Duff and other singers also had their albums with Joy to the World Christmas song in. Every Joy to the World Christmas Songs sung by different singers is a little different but the lyrics to Joy to the World remain very similar (if not the same) to the original version of Joy to the World lyrics. 

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. 

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. 

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found. 

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

In 1997 Ray Stevens released a Ray Stevens Christmas Songs album called 'Through a Different Window'. Most of the songs on this Ray Stevens Christmas album are funny Christmas Songs making fun of Christmas and getting with families around Christmas time. I won't be Home for Christmas was one of the funniest Christmas Songs on the album. Below is the Lyrics to Ray Stevens' I wont be Home for Christmas song.

About Ray Stevens' I won't be Home for Christmas

Ray Stevens' I won't be Home for Christmas is about an average 'red neck' family where a guy is fed up with the Southern tradition of having to entertain everyone in the family and everyone is taking advantage of his hospitality. It's really is a normal way in Nashville, TN, (Where Ray is from) for most families. Every line tells the truth that people in the South would admit & laugh about to each other, but deny completely to outsiders.

The guy in the Ray Stevens' I won't be Home for Christmas song is probably Ray Stevens himself. If you are not familiar with how the traditional Southern families are at Christmas, this is a good song to get to know it.

Ray Stevens I wont be Home for Christmas Lyrics

Well now - it's hard for me to catch the Christmas spirit
b'coz every time that I get near it
I envision the invasion is on its way

The same thing happens every year
my folks come from far and near
to terrorize my home on Christmas day

And, you know - it wouldn't be so bad
if all that came was mom and dad
but nooooo the whole fam-damn'ily has got to show

Uncles, sisters, brothers, cousins, nieces and nephews by the dozen
don't these folks have any place else to go?

And, and what a bunch of near do well
and they all got sad tales to tell
so saying no is something I just can't do

(truncated...)

Chorus

So, I won't be home for Christmas
Don't count on staying with me
Noo, I won't be home for Christmas
I'm not telling anybody where I'm going to be

You have to..

Thrash your own house
Eat your own food
Go out and buy your own Christmas tree

Cos, I won't be home for Christmas
So, don't count on staying with me.