WITH CHRISTMAS NEAR
(Mel Holt)


Ray Price - 1987



At this time of year with Christmastime so near
I start to hear those songs that make me blue
Songs about the snow and the mistletoe 
Everywhere I go there's memories of you

Again for me this year there'll be no Christmas cheer
Until I'm free and your memory disappears

There's the Christmas tree where it used to be
But the lights have all burned out some time ago
There's no Christmas cards, yet the hardest part
Is the fear that I won't see you anymore

Again for me this year there'll be no Christmas cheer
Until I'm free and your memory disappears



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2020)