I wrote this song during a year spent living in the Cascade Mountains. It's dedicated to anyone who finds this time of year difficult, for whatever reason. Sending light and love, always.

Sam
lyrics
the halo of a street lamp peels back the veil
of a long cold winter night
I silently watch as tiny fragments of heaven
drift down to meet the ground

it's always been a tough time of year
never felt quite whole with this hole in my soul

I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might light my tree
I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might show me

I wait beneath the mistletoe and I hope that I won't let it show
just how broken I am
I think I'm ready to let you in but it's hard learnin to love again
I'll do what I can

it's always been a tough time of year
not enough hello's and too many goodbyes

I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might light my tree
I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might show me how
that's why i'm hoping you might show me
credits
released December 25, 2021
Guitar/Vocals - Sam Genualdi
Piano - Josh Greenberger
Bass - Oliver Horton
Drums - Jeremiah Hawk
Vocals - Katie Greenberg
Violin - Scott Daniel

Recording and Engineering - Dan Letchinger
Mixing - Sam Genualdi
Mastering - Dan Letchinger
Video Editing - Sam Genualdi and Dan Letchinger
Videography - Dan Letchinger and Mikaylo Kelly

Light My Tree (Live Version)

"Outstanding Original Composition in the Undergraduate Category" - Downbeat Magazine

Performed by The Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble

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the halo of a street lamp peels back the veil 
of a long cold winter night
I silently watch as tiny fragments of heaven
drift down to meet the ground

it's always been a tough time of year
never felt quite whole with this hole in my soul

I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might light my tree
I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might show me

I wait beneath the mistletoe and I hope that I won't let it show
just how broken I am
I think I'm ready to let you in but it's hard learnin to love again
I'll do what I can

it's always been a tough time of year
not enough hello's and too many goodbyes

I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might light my tree
I never did quite get the hang of christmas
that's why i'm hoping you might show me how
that's why i'm hoping you might show me

Light My Tree

Lady Luck, where have you been all this time?
While I’ve been up and down the line
I hold you close just the way you want me to, the way I know I should

Somewhere over me gently glows a sacred tone
Still unknown to me how deep it goes, we’re in the throes

I’m riding high, Chicago skyway rolling north, on the seat I’ve got the change
I’ll take it as a sign that lights my way on moonless nights and warms my hands when I am cold

Somewhere over me faintly grows a lonely rose
Stay and sing to me. I know the notes, just not the words

Lady Luck, won’t you kindly take my arm, far too long we’ve been apart
I’ve always kept the faith that you’d back to show the way, and I would know just what to say

Now I plainly see through the trees draped with snow
You left a gift for me, that lonesome rose. And still it glows

Written and performed by Sam Genualdi
Produced, recorded and mixed by Dan Letchinger and Sam Genualdi
Mastered by Cory Allen at Altered Ear
Art by Sam Genualdi

Lady Luck

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