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Massapequa Park

by ANDEMIC

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It's time to polish off the skates, to meet our friends down by the lake. There's no time to waste. While I try to figure-eight, I've been trying to figure out How to make the winter break what the season's all about. I'll be the candle int he dark. I'll be the manger for your heart. It's too cold to make you promises. That's just Massapequa Park. Somewhere there's stars that tell us how to get back home. But for tonight, and beneath this snow, I might not be alone. I empty out my pockets to show you all I have. I've got got nothing left for gifts, my dear, but it's not all that I am. You see, both things could be true... Not just 'cause it's Christmas, I'll fall in love with you. I can hardly remember when I heard about you from a friend. I wondered about you then, and if you'd warm this winter wonderland. On the Island, on the Sound, it was 1965 And for a night, and beneath the snow, nothing in us could have froze. To all the ghosts of Christmas past who said we'd never last, We've got nothing left but stories of the years that proved that we have loved. And not just 'cause it's Christmas, again I'd say "I do". When a night time, becomes a lifeline, becomes a lifetime. It might seem strange that with every strung up light and candy cane, the countless years filled out the frame. And even if that Chevy ran hot, I swear, we did our part... that Christmas in Massapequa Park.
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58 years ago to the day of this post my parents met ice skating over Christmas break in Massapequa Park, Long Island, NY. They're still together to this day.

I decided to write a Christmas song about that event with the scant details I had for the 35th edition of the Jon Solomon 25-hour Christmas show on WPRB. I also interviewed my parents about that night, played them the track and got their reaction/corrections to my creative license.

Happy Holidays to you all, and a very Happy Anniversary to Art and Cathy Williams!

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released December 27, 2023

all music and lyrics by andy williams

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ANDEMIC Los Angeles, California

ANDEMIC is the solo work of Andy Williams, guitarist and vocalist of the band Lefty's Deceiver (My Pal God Records) and contributor to a number of other Philadelphia-based collaborations.

He currently resides in Los Angeles and makes music in his attic when the mood strikes.

In addition to 2 full-length releases, he continues to publish "singles" as he sees fit, and with little regard for tact.
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