CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER, A (Dolly Parton)
(Dolly Parton)

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
recorded 1984


[both]
You've made this a Christmas to remember,
Springtime feelings in the middle of December!
Strangers meet and willingly surrender;
Oh-oh, what a Christmas to remember!

[kr]
Almost went to Aspen, but somethin' told me no,
I considered Mammoth, but there wasn't enough snow,
And I even thought of Gatlinburg, but seemed so far to go,
So I headed up to Tahoe for a Christmas on the slopes.

[dp]
And I had fantasised about a Christmas in this way,
Curled up by a fireplace in a Tahoe ski chalet,
With a fast talkin' lover, with some slow burning wood,
But even in my wildest dreams it never got this good, and

[both]
You've made this a Christmas to remember,
Springtime feelings in the middle of December!
Change the radio and I'll turn the lights down dimmer;
Oh-oh, what a Christmas to remember!

Strangers when we met, lovers as we leave,
Christmas to remember, too good to believe!
Don't know how or when
But I know we'll meet again,
Blowin' back to somewhere
Like some wild restless Winter's wind!

And you've made this a Christmas to remember,
Springtime feelings in the middle of December!
'Neath the mistletoe you kissed so warm and tender;
Oh-oh, what a Christmas to remember!

[dp]
We loved and laughed and played and jokes,
Sang Christmas songs and talked to folks,
Sleighed the fields and skied the slopes,
Then to the lodge for dinner.

[both]
Now it's time for us to go;
As our hearts melt like chimney snow,
[dp]
There's just one thing I want to know,
[both]
Can we do this next Winter?
Oh-oh, what a Christmas to remember!

You've made this a Christmas to remember,
Springtime feelings in the middle of December!
Though the fire is hot, we'll just have to let it simmer;
Oh-oh, what a Christmas to remember!

You've made this a Christmas to remember,
Springtime feelings in the middle of December!
Though it's cold outside we'll just stroke the burning embers;
Oh-oh, what a Christmas to remember...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2013)