Track 10
Maybe this Year by Anita Boole
From the album: The Secret Songwriter (Original Songs from the Novel)
'Maybe this Year', is the tenth of eleven tracks from Anita Boole’s novel The Secret Songwriter.
Written, performed and produced by Anita Boole, the track accompanies the novel as one of the songs written by its main character, Allegra Vinelli.
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Lyrics
I think I hear
The sound of bells
I lift my head
From the pillow
Then again, yes, I hear
And the sound is near
So, I dash to look out
Of my window
Oh, I hope and I pray
Maybe this year
I'll see him, the sleigh
and his reindeer
I stand so still
I wait and listen
I watch the
Snowflakes glisten
And there on a roof
I see the mark of a hoof
And in a flash I see
Donner and Blitzen
Oh, I hoped and I prayed,
Maybe this year
I'd see him, the sleigh
and his reindeer
Yes, I hoped and I prayed,
Maybe this year …
And then I hear
his voice so clear
Saying, "Now then,
I thought you were sleeping!"
And he laughs, "Ho ho ho!"
And he says, "There you go.
Just next time, promise,
No peeping!"
So, I pull the red ribbon
On the gift I am given
And a music box plays
So sweetly
And we dance to the tune
And we laugh and soon
My room fills with magic
Completely
Oh, I hope I'm not sleeping
All this while dreaming
That I see him, the sleigh
And his reindeer
'Cos I hoped and I prayed
Maybe this year …
Then I wake in the morning
Yawning and wondering
Did I see him, the sleigh
And his reindeer?
Then I look in my hand,
Open it and …
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