A lil' ditty 'bout the one and only New Orleans Christmas scene.

Santa Took A Break In New Orleans

There's a river, a wood, a house and it is there we are at home. It's a quiet setting except for the rustling of leaves in the wind and birds of many kinds flitting about. There are musings, too. This place encourages them, and an occasional thought leads to a creative urge that leads to a song. This is one such song.

AN ACT OF GOD, I GUESS

I’ll Never Be Loved Like This Again  
Intro:

V.1: Kiss me, like that again. I want to feel, that again
It happens every time. It’s like my heart is skipping rope in my chest
V.2: Hey, Babe, look in my eyes. And fill my head, with eager thoughts
That some might find too embarrassing to confess. O-O-O
Chorus: Whenever, however, our journey on this Earth ends
Till then I know I’ll never be loved like this my Darling
But if I do I’m certain it could only be another you
Oh, A simple truth. I’ll never be loved like this again. Hn-n-n
V.3: I don’t say it enough. How deep, how much I love you
But just in case something stupid like a bolt of lightning strikes me down (dead)
Chorus (Repeat):
Outro: Yes, A simple truth. I’ll never be loved like this again

I'll Never Be Loved Like This Again

The Mistake        

Intro:
Verse 1:
Scraped out a living, playing here and there
‘Nother town a new gig, I liked new, didn’t care   
Fresh out of high school, in a town slowly dying
She was bored and ready, for something exciting

Verse 2:
I have never been, with a man she said
When it was all over, regret filled my head
Three more weeks and then, my playing was done
Never felt this happy, but must be moving on
Ohh-ohhh,Oh…I couldn’t tell her

Chorus:
The evening before, lying close in bed
She emptied her soul,and then she said
Long as I can remember, it’s been pound in my head
Baby, you’ll be the loser, if you make…the mistake…
Your Mama made

Musical Break:

Verse 3:
Drove a hundred six miles, of pot-holed county roads
Pulled over, stopped the car, my mind in overload
Over and over I heard, Ev’ry word she said
Till a clear, calm voice, took control in my head
Go back…go back…to the…mis-take made

Go back…to the mistake made

Chorus [Repeat]:

Outro:
I’m going back. Don’t want to lose her. I’m going back.
To share forever… with…the mis-take…made

The Mistake

A Helping Hand

Sounds of Christmas Day

Wonder

Young And Acting Stupid

Building atop an old Vince Gill tune that tells of enduring love

Lovely Sounds Of Love

This girl's a go-getter with a tattoo: "YOU GOT THIS, GIRL"

She's Just A Girl

Some Southern Blues mixed up with a dash of Rock 'N' Roll

She's Good (At Being Bad)

Tangerine Prairie Morning

Knowing and appreciating the life shared with a good and loving woman

Coming Back For More

A romantic and sultry acknowledgement by a Lover to the Lover in her life.

All The Places You Touch

This song is confessional, in the sense that the singer/narrator has found that his Lover is of a Delightful kind, and he desires to live in that love.

Delightful

MOTHER 
V.1:
Say can you imagine 
A world where there are no songbirds 
Say could you live where there are
No soothing sounds of blissful wind playing in the trees 
That the music loved faithfully stored in your soul is no longer heard
Or God forbid it the lonesome cry of flowers in green meadows
And no hum of honeybees

Chorus:
Never hear again Creation's word for love...Mother
Never feel again the deep stir in my chest remembering...Mother
No living thing on Earth deserves a greater honor
There is something God-like in the word...Mother

V.2:
Ties that bind were gathered and fused into chains that
formed the miracle I am
Nurtured in my sheltered home her voice soothed me in the womb it was there my story began
She is my touchstone though her young grew wings and now flies with the wind
It's clear much has changed, wolves howling at the doors, Oh! 
Nothing is the same but while she lives I can go home again
Ohh-Ooo...Oh-oh-No...Ohh...ohhh

Chorus: 
Never hear again Creation's word for love...Mother
Never feel again the deep stir in my chest remembering...Mother
No living thing on Earth deserves a greater honor
There is something God-like in the word...Mother

Outro:
Gone with the wind...
Imagine...
Never heard again...
Creation's word for love...Mother...
Mother

MOTHER

Not Bad For A Goody Two-Shoes Girl 

Ooooo-oo-oo-oooo... 

 V.1: 

She took to heart what her Mama often said 

Don't let "it's a man's world" get stuck in your head 

I'm a work-at-home-woman and very proud of that 

Her Mama cheered her on, was there when needed 

To hug and pat her back  

V.2: 

Be a good girl and person and you'll do fine 

Classroom schoolin' will fly like your summer times 

Then the world where all isn't good you will have to face 

There is ugly and badness that soon enough you'll find 

Draggin' dirt in ev'ry place 

 Chorus: 

And a good girl she's always been 

Grew up, got married, is to many a valued friend 

Sits on the school board. Carpools the kids 

Leads them volunteerin'. She rules her world 

Not bad for a goody two-shoes girl 

Not bad, not bad at all.  

For a goody two-shoes-girl 

 Music Break: 

V.3: 

"Ol' goody two-shoes" some snickered as she passed by 

Nothing pierced and no tattoos, her head held high 

But when homework stumped them it was her they called  

In every class, every grade, in excellence  

She topped them all 

Chorus:  

OHH!, a good girl she's always been 

Grew up, got married, is to many a valued friend 

Sits on the school board, carpools the kids 

Leads them volunteerin'. She rules her world 

Not bad, not bad at all 

Not bad for a goody two-shoes girl 

 Outro: 

Her husband tells all those askin'  

In the man's world where he hears the constant bitchin' 

About wives, and lives, some really weird things 

Man, I got it good. I got it great. 

Not bad , not bad at all  

Not bad for a goody two-shoes girl 

 Fade

Not Bad For A Goody Two-Shoes Girl

Time Doesn’t Give A Damn 

Had me the perfect girl once upon a time 
Nothin' coulda been better we perfectly rhymed 
She'd do anything yeah for me 
Fool! I blew it as blown could be 

 Pre-Verse: 
I was one lucky happy fella. Was like I'd found an old cellar 
Full of oak aged whiskey and the finest wine 
V.2: 
I drank it down yeah round after round 
But same ol' story musta have lost my mind 
Though she'd warned me from the very start 
Cheat on me Babe I'm un-hitchin' this cart 
 Chorus: 
'Cause I really believe that life death and love 
Flows in hourglasses turned by Powers above 
And we have no say which will be our last night or day 
We just do our best with whatever comes our way 
Because you see time doesn't give a damn 
You good you bad might get a second chance 
But indifferent time doesn't give a damn 
V.3: 
Got what's deserved know you're thinkin' 
Hey! You S.O.B. ya had it comin' 
Don't wanna sound like I'm preachin' 
But all-ah y'all ya better listin' 
Pre-Chorus: 
Oh-ohh, yeah I had a come to Jesus truth will set you free 
Converted me revelation 
Chorus: 
Now I'm a true believer that life death and love 
Flows in hourglasses turned by Powers above 
And we have no say which will be our last night or day 
We just do our best with whatever comes our way 
Because you see time doesn't give a damn 
You good you bad might get a second chance 
But indifferent time doesn't give a damn 
Oh-No-noo time doesn't give a damn

Time Doesn't Give A Damn

Shallow To The Deep End 

V.1: 

I'd pretend to love, to get what I wanted  

Never for a moment, thinking I needed  

Some...self-reflection...Hmmm...Hmmm  

V. 2: 

Then you came along, forced me to go deep inside  

The farther we went, the more I realized 

That you had taken me...Ohh-ohh 

Ch: 

From the shallow to the deep end 

With all my fears and strange feelings 

Didn't notice there wasn't any bottom  

With our first kiss...as I slipped from 

The shallow to the deep end 

V.3: 

It is frightening, but-oh-so satisfying 

Being loved, and loving, like true lovers  

Are supposed to...Ohh-yes...it is 

Ch: 

Ooo-Ooo, from the shallow to the deep end  

With all my fears and strange feelings  

Didn't notice there wasn't any bottom  

With our first kiss...as I slipped from  

The shallow to the deep end  

Outro:  Patient you...gentle you...Took me from...the shallow to the deep end

Shallow To The Deep

In Claire’s 

V.1: 

It's laid back and unpretentious in Claire's  
And yeah the regulars and tableware show signs of better years 
Anyway it's become a second home I don't feel more welcomed any place than I do in 
Claire's  
Ain't about the coffee, ain't about the good food there  
It's about the feels so right I get in Claire's  
Never felt this good, comfortable like I do  

Chorus: 
Nothin' fancy. But she's beautiful in loose blue jeans and flannel  
Owns a sassy pepper-pot mouth ain’t no man word for word can handle  
And Oh-my-God that delightful laugh she has does a big number on me  
Yeah when I hear it. Ohh-can't help it  
To me it's loose blue jeans droppin' to the floor  
Never felt this good, comfortable like I do in Claire's  

V.3: 
It was In Claire's where I learned
The difference between makin' love and graceful lovin'  
It was in Claire's she pulled me close whisperin' Honey  
Love's all about givin' ain't about takin' 

Bridge:  
It was in Claire's I learned how to really love bein' loved  
By a special kind of woman  

Chorus: 
Nothin' fancy. But she's beautiful in loose blue jeans and flannel  
Owns a sassy pepper-pot mouth ain’t no man word for word can handle  
And Oh-my-God that delightful laugh she has does a big number on me  
Yeah when I hear it, Ohh-can't help it.  
To me it's loose blue jeans droppin' to the floor
Never felt this good, comfortable like I do in Claire's
Outro:  
Never felt this good, comfortable like I do in Claire's

In Claire's

ARIELLE

V.1: 
Like your hair does Arielle
The Autumn grass is tossed in the wind
It’s getting colder.  The sun is low now
And like your face it glows
The grass dips and flutters in a crazy dance
From where I sit smiling at me
It’s you I see Arielle

Chorus: 
I had to go Arielle
I have fears when I care too long
If I’d stayed I’d only hurt you
And one is enough hating how I am
I’m so confused
Do I love you Arielle

V.2: 
You might as well be the sun
The distance between us is so far
It’s the hardest thing I have ever done
I’m so lonely Arielle
My eyes closed tight I brush the crazy dancing grass
On my face. Pretend it’s your hair
It’s hard to breathe Arielle

Chorus:  
I had to go Arielle
I have fears when I care too long
If I’d stayed I’d only hurt you
And one is enough hating how I am
I’m so confused
Do I love you Arielle 
I’m so confused.  
Do I love you Arielle

Arielle

4 FAME

Fame Fame Fame Fame 
V.1:
Fame can squeeze life right out of you 
Ohh yes it can. Listen I've heard that name before and wonder who   
That person is those people are forever talking about  
They bare a faint resemblance to someone I once knew 
So who owns that face with blood shot eyes in that mirror 
Screaming you're to blame chasing fame that I suffer 
Chorus: 
Fame Fame Fame Fame 
Fame Fame Fame Fame  
Fame Fame Fame Fame 
V.2: I traded my life for the fame 
The fortune I believed would follow and the changes would be small
So say again who are those people talking so much about
The resemblance is close I've heard that name I think before 
Fame Fame Fame Fame 
V.3:
Fame picks its victim when where who. Ohh yes fame does
Though most will beg it to when its tentacles wrap around the screaming begins   
Oh you don't believe me. Ask that empty frozen face staring from that mirror 
Chorus:
Fame Fame Fame Fame 
Fame Fame Fame Fame
Fame Fame Fame Fame
Outro: 
Oooo-oo-ooo... Oo-oo-oooo.... Oooooo...Ooooo....

4 Fame

Fellowship OF The Unashamed 

V.1: 

I am a part of the fellowship  

Whose members live and profess unashamed  

We declare our decision was made to testify about our Lord   

We are Disciples, all who follow Him  

We are Believers, we won't back up. 

Not ever let up, nor ever slow down. We're unashamed  

Chorus:  

Still and silent we will never no can not be  

For we're Disciples. Truth Believers. We follow Him  

By Faith we live. On Him we lean.  

The fellowship of the unashamed  

The fellowship of the unashamed  

V.2: 

In difficulties we pray on through  

Though tested again and again we're sustained  

Day after day He takes all our troubles we have only to trust unashamed   

Our hearts hold Him secure within  

His disciples we follow Him  

Believers. The fellowship of the unashamed  

Chorus: 

Still and silent we will never no can not be  

For we're Disciples. Truth Believers. We follow Him  

By Faith we live. On Him we lean.  

The fellowship of the unashamed  

The fellowship of the unashamed  

Outro: 

Forever and ever Amen. We are the fellowship of the unashamed. Amen.  

We are the fellowship of the unashamed  

Forever and ever Amen. We are the fellowship of the unashamed

Fellowship Of The Unashamed

Angel On The Ground 

V.1:
Is it O.K., for someone like me  
Who has questions of the hereafter  
To ask when no one's around  
A fall from grace or Heaven sent  
When an angel walks on the ground  
V.2:  
Is it O.K. for someone like me  
To ask if it's a show of pity  
When she speaks and she smiles  
And begs me not to be worried  
That she's here always, not just a while 
Chorus: 
Ohhh-oh I look at her, wingless and flightless 
Two arms holding me, a constant brightness 
Refusing to leave. My angel always around  
My angel on the ground ooo-ooo-ooo 
V.3:  
Wingless, flightless, telling me  
Whatever it was caused you to lose  
That fire for soaring free 
Leave it all behind, take my hand  
We'll make it, we will, you and me. Ohhh-oh 
Bridge:  
You and me, Baby. You and me 
Leave it all behind, take my hand  
We'll make it, we will, you, and me  
CHORUS: 
I look at her, wingless and flightless  
Two arms holding me, a constant brightness 
Refusing to leave. My angel always around 
My angel on the ground. My angel on the ground 
Ooo-ooo-oo  
Outro:

Angel On The Ground

                                                      Hash Tag Highlight 

V.1:  
I've stumbled down so many roads, oh-ohh  
Cold and dark, and no lights  
No sticks or wood, to light a fire, no-ohh  
No dry matches, for me to strike   
Then my luck changed, for the better
Warm, sun-shiny weather 
The highlight was the day I found her 
 
Chorus: 
If lights go out, she is the moonlight 
On darkest days, she is the skylight  
Her lovin' me makes all things alright  
Both night and day, yeah, she is my hash tag highlight  
My hash tag highlight  

V.2: 
She is my one, steady headlight  
Through the pourin' rain and tire-stickin' mud  
My straight and true laser guide light  
I'm makin' cuts didn't know I could  
My mornin' crownin' sunrise, made for Heaven skies  
I'm not a hater but I hate to leave her  
And I like nothin' 'bout gotta go now goodbyes  

Chorus:  
If lights go out, she is the moonlight  
On darkest days, she is the skylight  
Her lovin' me makes all things alright  
Both night and day, yeah, she is my hash tag highlight  
My hash tag highlight  

Music Break: 

Chorus:  
If lights go out, she is the moonlight  
On darkest days, she is the skylight  
Her lovin' me makes all things alright  
Both night and day, yeah, she is my hash tag highlight  
My hash tag highlight  

Music-Break: 

Chorus: 
If lights go out, she is the moonlight  
On darkest days, she is the skylight  
Her lovin' me makes all things alright  
Both night and day, yeah, she is my hash tag highlight  
My hash tag highlight

My Oh-oh-ohh hash tag highlight  
Yea, aye-aye, my hash tag highlight 
Oh-oh-ohh. Oh-oh-ohh. My my hash tag highlight  
Hmm-hmm, hmm-hmm...hmm, hmmm 

10/17/2025

Hash Tag Highlight

It Is What It Is, Lady 

V.1: 
Give me a sign. Give me hope 
Give me something to believe in  
Let me see your pretty face  
Inches away once again smiling  
V.2:
I've never felt this kind of heartache 
Oh-girl the hurting runs wide and deep 
Ohhh give me your hand, girl 
One more chance girl  
Lift me out of this tangled heap 
Pre-Chorus: 
You were just another girl. A plaything in my world 
But it dawned on me lately that you're one of a kind, Lady 
Chorus:  
It is what it is, Lady. It is what it is ooo-ooo, Lady 
One of a kind. It is what it is, Lady. And I love you. 
It is what it is, Lady  
Music Interlude: 
Outro: 
You were just another girl. A plaything in my world.  
But it dawned on me lately that you're one of a kind, Lady 
And I love you. It is what it is, Lady 
It is what it is, it is, Lady 
Hmm...Hmm...Hmm...Hmmmmm...

It Is What It Is, Lady

                                                    Cuddle Christmas With You 

Intro:
All I really want to do. Oooo. Hoo-Ooo-oo
V.1:
You ask me what I want this Christmas. I mean it I have all I need
My health isn't bad bounce between happy and glad
Sometimes gotta deal with a little sad. Hmmm, Hmmm
V.2:
How 'bout hugs and laughs, 'cause both are good for you
Better than most potions and pills. And since you have asked
Give me what you say won't pass through good bad sick and sad, forever last.
Hmmm, Hmmm, Hmm-mmm
Chorus:
Ohhh just give me your love like you do through the year
Oooo, Oooo, Ooo-Hoo-oo. Sure as one and one makes two
All I really want to do is cuddle Christmas with you
Yes, my love all I really want to do
Is cuddle Christmas with you
INTERLUDE:
Hoo-hhh, just give me your love like you do through the year
Oooo, Oooo, Ooo-Hoo-oo. Sure as one and one makes two all I really want to do
Is cuddle Christmas with you. Yes, my love all I really want to do
Is cuddle Christmas with you
Outro:
Oooo. Oooo. Ooo
All I really want to do is cuddle Christmas with you



Cuddle Christmas With You

Everybody Needs 

V.1: 
Though Earthly trials wear us down  
We have a Savior sent by the Holy One  
Whose life was taken to pay the cost   
It was the ransom, he said, to save the lost (Give it up)
Chorus:  
So a life abundant, eternal, ours will be  
These my friends are the most cherished words ever heard by me   
So hard it is to grasp that it will forever last to dwell with the God of love 
Everybody needs, everybody needs, everybody needs the love of Jesus 
Everybody needs, the way, the truth, and the life, found in Jesus  
Everybody needs, everybody needs, everybody needs the love of Jesus
Everybody needs, everybody needs, everybody needs the love of Jesus
V.2:  
A new command our Jesus gave  
Love one another as I loved you, he said  
On a cross he died, from a grave he rose  
No greater love the love of Jesus shows 
Chorus: 
So a life abundant, eternal, ours will be  
These my friends are the most cherished words ever heard by me  
So hard it is to grasp that it will forever last to dwell with the God of love 
Everybody needs, everybody needs, everybody needs the love of Jesus 
Everybody needs the way, the truth, and the life found in Jesus 
Everybody needs, everybody needs, everybody needs the love of Jesus 
Everybody needs, everybody needs, everybody needs the love of Jesus
Outro: 
Ohhh-Oh...Ohhh...Oh...Everybody needs, everybody needs 
Everybody needs the love of Jesus  
Yea-e-yeah. The love of Jesus. Hmm-hmm...hmmmm

Everybody Needs

I Felt That 

Oooo-Oooo Oh, Oh, Ohhh 
V.1: 
That I must say was far beyond anything I have felt before  
I couldn't sleep so now here I am though it's late back at your door 
Again. Like last night. Make me sigh. Take me high  
In your dream-weaving way, baby, get under my skin   
Chorus: 
From my dizzy and spinning head to my curled and trembling toes  
Take me there again. Let me relive the experience  
It was all so new to me, my love Ohh, Ohh...Ohhh  
I felt that  
Interlude: 
V.2:  
Was that heaven well the pleasure of you may be close as I get  
I'm thinking you could be the angel sent to save me I suspect  
Again. Like last night. Make me sigh. Take me high 
In your dream-weaving way, baby, get under my skin  
Chorus: 
From my dizzy and spinning head to my curled and trembling toes 
Take me there again. Let me relive the experience  
It was all so new to me, my love Ohh, Ohh...Ohhh! I felt that   
OUTRO: 
Take me there again. Get under my skin Ohh, Ohh, Ohhh 
I felt that

I Felt that

Favorite Christmas Songs 

V.1: 

Falling snowflakes blink like fireflies  

Keeping time to twinkling Christmas Lights  

Laughter fills the room and music softly plays 

Favorite Christmas songs fill the night  

V.2:  

I'll be Home for Christmas. Oh-Hark the Herald Angels Sing   

Deck the Halls this Silent Night. Blissful notes of My Favorite Things 

Chorus:  

Ohh-Oh favorite Christmas songs 

Songs of love in its many forms  

Celebrate the Gift that was born  

And sing favorite Christmas songs 

V.3:  

Santa Claus is Coming to Town  

Jingle Bells and Sleigh Rides Let it Snow  

All I want for Christmas is you  

You and me under the Mistletoe  

 

Bridge:  

Ohh-Oh, Joy to The World. Do You Hear What I Hear 

Peace on Earth Goodwill to Men. Merry Christmas everyone 

Everywhere. Come now join in favorite Christmas songs 

Chorus:  

Ohh-Oh favorite Christmas songs  

Songs of love in its many forms  

Celebrate the Gift that was born 

Oh-Oh-sing favorite Christmas songs  

Outro: 

Yes 'tis the Season that blends  

The wishes and hopes that we sing  

In the storms in the calm with voices strong  

Oh, Come All Ye Faithful sing sing sing 

Favorite Christmas songs 

Hmmm...Hmmm...Hmmm

Favorite Christmas Songs

These songs often evolve from thoughts that sometimes lead me to think, "I wonder how that would sound if put to music." My hope is that you, the listener, enjoy hearing them as much as I do composing them.
B.T.W., these creations are available for licensing. All Rights, Privileges, and Copyrights belong to the author/creator: ME.

J.D.Wattler

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