Snowy nights and Christmas lights
Icy window panes
Make me wish that we could be
Together again
And the windy winter avenues
Just don't seem the same
And the Christmas carols sound like blues
But the choir is not to blame

But it doesn't have to be that way
What we had should have never have ended
And I'll be dropping by today
We could easily get it together tonight
It's only right

Crowded stores, the corner Santa Claus
Tinseled afternoons
And the sidewalk bands that play their songs
Slightly out of tune
On the windy winter avenues
There walks a lonely man
And if I told you who he is
Well, I think you'd understand


I love Jim Croce music. I wish there was such a southern liberal voice today. Someone who could sing about the Alabama rain and then also talk about peace and civility and non-violence. I could listen to Jim sing all day long. Some days I do.

But the reason I picked this song is just a little holiday blahs today. Thanksgiving was hard on me emotionally - nothing compared to last year, but hard nonetheless. And now we hunker down for six weeks that contain Christmas, our anniversary, New Years, and Becky's birthday.

So today I am feeling a lonely and melancholic. I did order a bunch of Christmas presents today, so the shopping is well underway now. It is not the same as it used to be. Hopefully it is more meaningful. Who knows?

What we had should never have ended.