2015 Christmas Song, Lyrics, Screenplay and Music Video

On a Christmas Day song lyrics

Verse 1

In the entrance of an Eastside shop.

I lay my cardboard on the cold sidewalk.
So tired and so weak,

I can barely stand on my feet.

And I’m an addict, my back's against the wall.

Sinking down another eight ball.

I am prepared to meet;
My final deal on the street.

Chorus 1

I’ve been a-runnin’ in the Eastside.

How could this be Christmas?
I'm alone now dying in pain.

Didn’t I pray for a new tomorrow?

On a bright light’s ray.

On a Christmas Day.

Verse 2

Wasn't it three years or more.
The first time that I walked to the shore.
I searched across the sea;

Basked in a full moon's beams.

If there's something far out of sight,

Come to help me in the midst of this night.
I need a break in life.

To get another roll of the dice.

Chorus 2

So I stood there on the seaside.

Thinkin' maybe this'll be the Christmas;

When I stop playing my games.

I am praying for a new tomorrow;

On this bright light’s ray.

On this Christmas Day.

Musical Interlude

Verse 3

The beating of my heart;

Fading as the years tear me apart.

I start screaming and I don't know why.

Crying out to angels in the sky.

Hoping one will save me today,

Show me the way,
This Christmas Day.

Chorus 3

I’m still running in the Eastside.

Wanting a better Christmas;

But I keep losing the same.
Even though I prayed for a new tomorrow;

On a bright light’s ray.

It was on a Christmas Day.
On a Christmas Day.

On a Christmas Day screenplay

video locales:

• ARA Mental Health Advocacy, 163 W Pender, Vancouver BC - East Side storefront
• English Bay Vancouver BC

Musical Introduction C Dm C Dm Am G C

video begins with various scenes of homeless man at identifying Vancouver as location and introducing a man dressed completely in white who is his angel and is always seen somewhere in most of the scenes

Verse 1 C Dm C Dm Am G C

video scene 1 - homeless man on bench at English Bay with blue Canucks cap, empty bottle in hand, preparing to sleep, removes his boots, angel dressed in white is seen nearby

In the entrance of an Eastside shop.

I lay my cardboard on the cold sidewalk.

video scene 2 - homeless man now sleeping, blue Vancouver Canucks hat falling out of his hand, angel walks by

So tired and weak,
I can barely stand on my feet.

video scene 3 - homeless man still sleeps but hat is gone, angel drops off new white Vancouver Canucks ball cap

video scene 4 - homeless man in alleyway, new pipe in hand, white hat is on his head but getting dirty

And I’m an addict, my back's against the wall.

video scene 5 - an eight ball falling into corner pocket

Sinking down another eight ball.

video scene 6 - homeless man in alleyway, broken used pipe, very dirty white hat, angel walks by

I am prepared to meet;

video scene 7 - playing cards thrown down on sidewalk

My final deal on the street.

Chorus 1 C G Dm G C G Dm G Am F G

video scene 8 - Christmas on Hastings

I’ve been a-runnin’ in the Eastside.

How could this be Christmas?

video scene 9 - homeless man walking on Hastings looking upwards

I'm alone now dying in pain.

Didn’t I pray for a new tomorrow?

On a bright light’s ray.

On a Christmas Day.

Verse 2 C Dm C Dm Am G C

video scene 10 - well dressed, well groomed man with luggage walking to the Pacific Ocean with blue Vancouver Canucks hat

Wasn't it three years or more.
The first time that I walked to the shore.

video scene 11 - same man sleeping on bench across the Sylvia Hotel on a moonlit night with blue Vancouver Canucks hat in hand

I searched across the sea;

Basked in a healing moon beam.

If there's something far out of sight,

Come to help me in the midst of this night.

video scene 12 - a pair of dice rolling on the sidewalk

I need a break in life.

To get another roll of the dice.

Chorus 2 C G Dm G C G Dm G Am F G

video scene 13 - ARA and adjacent Christmas storefront up and down West Pender Street

So I stood there on the seaside.

Thinkin' maybe this'll be the Christmas;

When I stop playing my games.

I am praying for a new tomorrow;

On this bright light’s ray.

On this Christmas Day.

Musical Interlude C G Dm G C G Dm G Am F G

video scene 14 to 16 - well dressed man man deteriorates into homeless man with several similar scenes of him entering and exiting Sylvia Hotel

Verse 3

video scene 17 - homeless man drunk on park bench at English Bay and angel walks by unnoticed but drops off a new white Vancouver Canucks ball cap with new logo. Homeless man wakes up and puts it on his head.

The beating of my heart;

Fading as the years tear me apart.

I start screaming and I don't know why.

Crying out to angels in the sky.

Hoping one will save me today,

Show me the way,
This Christmas Day.

Chorus 3 C G Dm G C G Dm G Am F G

video scene 18 - homeless man walking out to shore, angel behind him is unnoticed. His white hat is completely discoloured and tattered.

I’m still running in the Eastside.

Wanting a better Christmas;

But I keep losing the same.

video scene 19 - homeless man sleeping next to log, angel watching over him. Man no longer has a hat.

Even though I prayed for a new tomorrow;

On a bright light’s ray.

It was on a Christmas Day.
On a Christmas Day.

video scene 20 - angel drops off original blue ball cap

Musical Ending C Dm C Dm Am G C

to be performed by Fred Joly and the Freaks of Nature Band December 2015