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Day After Christmas Driving Home [Single]

by Alec James Payton

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The days following Christmas are some of the loneliest of the year for me. The holidays can offer a short reprieve to return to a different, fleeting time. But when they’re over, driving back after Christmas is usually when other feelings set in. Nostalgia is just nostalgia. Some things only exist in the past. Parents still get older, and siblings still live hundreds of miles away. It’s a sharp reminder that time only moves forward. “The happiest time of the year” seems to always be followed by a particularly yearning-heavy strain of loneliness, and I doubt it’s a coincidence that this song came out of me during a particularly tough year when a lot of us are experiencing an especially lonely holiday season.
A special thanks to Willie Scoggins, who produced this with short notice, and Tatiana Renée (unclearmind.com), who did the cover art.

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You asked "how's the drive coming down,"
"Well not much to see.
Oh you know these roads,
It's just cornfields and trees."
And we watched the old VHS playing on the TV,
You're looking less and less like you,
I'm looking less and less like me,
And that's all I could think of as it snowed,
On the day after Christmas driving home.

You're thinking you may sell the house,
At least start the bid,
Gotta sort through all the stuff,
Don't know where to begin,
Then we found the old Kodak packs,
Flipped through where we've been,
But this right here is now,
And all of that was then,
If I had a second chance I'd take it slow,
Cause here's the day after Christmas driving home.

Well the day sure came and went,
It can't be that late yet,
We're all sleep-deprived,
And we're all over-fed,
Up the stairs I pulled down the sheets,
On my childhood bed,
Knowing there's more laying behind,
Then there is up ahead,
And tomorrow when I rise I have to go,
On the day after Christmas driving home.

And tomorrow when I rise I have to go,
On the day after Christmas driving home.

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released December 26, 2020
Produced by Willie Scoggins
Cover art by Tatiana Renée (Unclearmind.com)

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Alec James Payton Denver, Colorado

Folk musician and songwriter with a sentimental style that digs into traditional American roots. Since independently releasing a first collection of original songs in late 2016, he has been playing venues large and small throughout the United States and has been featured on live radio as far away as Australia. He plays guitar, harmonica, and sings original and traditional folk songs. ... more

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