Christmas Buy Yourself

by Sebastian Petsu

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premiered on Jon Solomon's 2023 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show
on WPRB 103.3 Princeton NJ

recorded in the Crooked Room at the Ritz, West Philly, December 2023, using Audacity freeware

French horn, Whirlpool washing machine, Roland RA-50 drum machine, my voice

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What can I get you now for Christmas?
Now that you can just get everything yourself
You’re a person of means
And you know yourself better than me

You know what you want
And you know how to get it
In the end, destruction at 12:01
And I’m just a passerby

You’re Rotten, I’m Hippie Johnny
And all I can give you are feelings

We don’t even have a tree
The lights are half-out anyway
Sometimes when you shake them
They briefly come back to life
Must be a frayed wire somewhere
Something that’s just not connecting

These lights burn bright
But they’re not built to last

And let me circle back in the darkness
To “What can I get you for Christmas
Now that you just can get everything yourself?”

A push of a button
Not a dig in a crate
Next day delivery
From some kid
In a double-parked Honda and a blue vest

That ain’t romance
That ain’t Christmas
It just feels like the end

But I wish I could wrap it up and give you
Security and deep breaths
And me always at my finest
With the right words at the right time
Ready to rise up, reacting
Right In the moment with you

What can I get you now for Christmas?
Now that you can just get everything yourself
You’re a person of means
And you know yourself better than me

You know what you want
And you know how to get it
In the end the afternoon is destroyed
And I’m just a passerby

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released December 25, 2023

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