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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Music|year=[[1982]]|front=[[File:IfOnlyChristmasWereA.jpg|250px|If Only Christmas Were]]|frontcap=&#039;&#039;If Only Christmas Were&#039;&#039;, Side A|cat=<br /> |prod=*Richie Close<br /> *Terry Wheeler<br /> *Ray Colley|studio=|cover=<br /> |cont=*[[Brian Jacques]]<br /> *Richie Close<br /> *Carleen Lundon<br /> *Barbara Hart<br /> *Jacob Abraham<br /> *Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre Choir|arr=|comp=|length=6:43|back=[[File:ICanBeB.jpg|I Can Be|250px]]|label=N/A|backcap=&#039;&#039;I Can Be&#039;&#039;, Side B}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;If Only Christmas Were&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is the title track of a Liverpool 7-inch vinyl released on December 3, [[1982]], featuring lyrics and music by [[Brian Jacques]]. It was related to the [[1981]] BBC Northwest Christmas TV special, &#039;&#039;[[Look Out, He&#039;s Behind You]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> Side A of the record features Carleen Lundon (sometimes credited as Carlene Lundon) on &quot;If Only Christmas Were&quot;, accompanied by the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre Choir.<br /> <br /> Side B features Barbara Hart and Jacob Abraham (sometimes credited as Jake Abraham) on &quot;I Can Be&quot; (also titled &quot;I Can Be Anything I Want To&quot;), accompanied by the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre Choir.<br /> <br /> Richie Close and Terry Wheeler were the producers, and the executive producer was Ray Colley. The record was published by BBC TV Manchester.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Tracklisting===<br /> <br /> ====Side A====<br /> {| class=&quot;fandom-table&quot;<br /> |+If Only Christmas Were Side A<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Track&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Title&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Composer&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Publisher&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Length&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> |1<br /> |If Only Christmas Were<br /> |Brian Jacques<br /> |BBC TV Manchester<br /> |3:14<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ====Side B====<br /> {| class=&quot;fandom-table&quot;<br /> |+If Only Christmas Were Side B<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Track&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Title&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Composer&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Publisher&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> !&#039;&#039;&#039;Length&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> |1<br /> |I Can Be<br /> |Brian Jacques<br /> |BBC TV Manchester<br /> |3:29<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ===If Only Christmas Were Lyrics===<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;If only Christmas were&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Like they say it used to be&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;All white with snow as happy folk do sing&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;If only I were there&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;In that land without a care&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Behind the lighted windows&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;While outside the church bells ring&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Bless the Lord and bring thy peace upon the children&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Let all come in and ask us who they are&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;And they&#039;re mad to mock their God or religion&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Like three wise kings who followed David&#039;s star&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;The shops all badly lit&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;And the money changing hands&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;The people are so busy&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;They don&#039;t see&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;Out in the dark and cold&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;The sick, the poor, the old&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Please show to them that Christmas&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;My heart cries out to see&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;Have they become so blind&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;So unfeeling, so unkind?&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Will they forget that they love peace and joy?&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;The Star that shown that night&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;On a stable on the ???&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;As kings and shepherds knelt&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Before a little baby boy&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :(Chorus)<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;If only Christmas were&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;If only Christmas were&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;If only Christmas were&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ===I Can Be Lyrics===<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Anything I want to, I can be&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Close your eyes and turn around now&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;What do you see?&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a prince upon a horse&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a fairy queen of course&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a champ or a super star&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be the greatest thing so far&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;The man with the whip in the circus ring&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be most anything&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be an astronaut up there&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a girl with golden hair&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be the prince that girl will wed&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be his mother-in-law instead&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;In the pantomime of the matinee&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I&#039;m anything I want to be&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a giant, big and fat&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a witch in a pointed hat&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a clown or a baggy tramp&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be Aladdin with his lamp&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;Jack climbing high on the beanstalk tree&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;Anything I want to be&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a prince upon a horse&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a fairy queen of course&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be a champ or a super star&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be the greatest thing so far&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;The man with the whip in the circus ring&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;I can be most anything&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> :&#039;&#039;(Chorus)&#039;&#039;<br /> :&#039;&#039;(repeat x4)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ===Feature===<br /> <br /> This item was featured in the [[User_blog:LordTBT/News:Redwall_Collectors_Community:_Listen_to_a_Brian_Jacques_Christmas_Record_From_1982|Redwall Collectors Community series]].<br /> <br /> ===Listen===<br /> <br /> {{#ev:youtube|u0uwOi0H2tc|400|left}}<br /> <br /> {{#ev:youtube|0nzjQm7ok0k|400|right}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Discography]]<br /> [[Category:Early Works]]</div>

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