Words and music by Mark Lerner
(Rag and Bone Shop Music/BMI)
lyrics
There's a picture of you that i took next to last year's tree
You're hanging up tinsel and turning your face to smile at me
I know just where it's kept, tucked inside of a book
I know where to find it but I can't stand to look
At the photo i took of you standing next to last year's tree
We kept it through new year's, and then for 3 weeks more
til all of the needles were brown and shedding all over the floor
when I'm cleaning the carpet I still find a few
They remind me of Christmas and last year and you
Like the photo i took of you standing next to last year's tree
It's the biggest that we've ever gotten by far
We said as we tied it to the roof of the car
Merry christmas to you, wherever you are
Put the lights on the tree, hang the sweet decorations around your home
Hug the people you love, we never know what tomorrow holds
Just like last year's tree, Christmas joy just can't last
And memories fade, nearly almost as fast
as the photo i took of you standing next to last year's tree
Recorded live in a cabin, the debut EP from Ohio drone-folk trio The Peel treats back-porch jams like otherworldly rituals. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 26, 2022