Oh Christmas Candle
Recorded by Doyle Lawson
Written by Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall
[3/4 time]
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Oh Christmas candle please light up the way
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Back to my memories of yesterday
Icicles hanging on evergreen trees
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Buttery snowflakes that fell on my cheeks
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Momma's sweet singing and daddy's big hands
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And Christmas all over the land
Oh Christmas candle please light up the way
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To when I would ride on a small wooden sleigh
Riding on snow just as pure as the heart
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Of sweet baby Jesus in His mother's arms
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Starlight that glistened on snow covered hills
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When Christmas was holy and still
Oh Christmas candle please light up the way
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Into the past and the innocent days
When we were just children with hearts full of trust
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And we thought that Christmas was all about us
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There by the fireside with sweet smelling wood
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We made a promise that we would be good
Oh Christmas candle please light up the way
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I want to go back there for one Christmas day
Be with my loved ones and breathe in the air
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I light this candle and send up this prayer
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Starlight that glistened on snow covered hills
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When Christmas was holy and still