From Heath: “This is the closest thing to an actual "Christmas” song I’ve ever written. I think it celebrates the sweet and acknowledges the bitter. “The 24th” was very much inspired by how this time of year is full of surpassed expectations, bittersweet reunions and farewells, and sometimes unrequi...
Simple chords for a simple mind
I wake up at one, it gets dark at five
That's four hours of light
I spend 'em all inside
My head
Doo-do-do-dooo-do
do-do-dooo-do
do-do-dooo-do
Life gets away from me
Red dissolves in white
White returns to green
She's praying for a ring
To come on Christmas Eve
It never will
Doo-do-do-dooo-do
do-do-dooo-do
do-do-dooo-do
Ah ah ah ah
Unto us a child is born
A cornerstone to rest upon
She's waiting for a ring
To come on New Year's Eve
It never does
Doo-do-do-dooo-do
do-do-dooo-do
do-do-dooo-do
The 24th was produced by Greg LaFollette.
Heath McNease released The 24th on Tue Nov 18 2014.