Kristen Mark Westwood - It's Been A While

from Chicken Milk (2021) by Various Artists

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Sit down by the fireside
The fireside is warm
For conversations we have once a year
Pour another glass for me
And make it good and strong
Then raise it up, for Christmastime is here

Tell me of the days that lay behind you
Stories of your kids and of your wife
We've got all the time that we could ask for
It's been a while
And brother we've got all night

It hasn't been so easy
Though it's easy to forget
When you and I are sitting face to face
The heaviness is lifting
And our backs are growing straight
Set your load down, brother
We made it all this way

Tell me of the days that lay behind you
The good ones and the hard ones all the same
We've got all the time that we could ask for
It's been a while
And brother we've got all day

A year or so from now
Or so it seems to be a-going
We'll meet up once again on Christmas Eve
But if I could jump a jet plane
Straight from my front door to yours
I'd be there once a week, you can believe

So tell me of the days that lay before you
Let's stay up late trading heart-to-hearts
We don't have the time that we would wish for
It's gonna be a while
And brother, we've come so far

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from Chicken Milk (2021), released December 10, 2021
Kristen Mark Westwood wrote/played/mixed everything except upright bass, which was performed by Brandon Davis.

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