There's been a lot of change in my life recently --- a new job, new city, new coast. So this Christmas, as something familiar, I'm playing an album that brought me joy and comfort at Christmas last year --- The McGarrigle Christmas Hour. My favorite is Rufus Wainwright's "Spotlight on Christmas" and his sister and mother's cover of Jackson Browne's "Rebel Jesus".
Here are the lyrics to Rufus' Christmas song:
People love the working man
Who does the best that he can
But don't forget all the horses and toys
Never could fix the poor little rich boys
People say they love the maid
Who sweats and toils just like a slave
But don't forget all the diamonds and pearls
Never could fix the poor little rich girls
You can measure it in blood
You can measure it in mud
Let us say for these twelve days
Put the measuring away
Cause it's Christmas
And the spotlight's shining on Christmas
And the spotlight's shining on us
People love and people hate
People go and people wait
But, don't forget Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Once were a family poor but rich in hope, yeah
Don't forget Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
Running from the law, King Herod had imposeth
And they were each one quite odd
And mensch, a virgin, and a God
But don't forget that what kept them aflow
Floating through the desert doesnt take a boat no
Don't forget that what kept them above
Is unconditional love
And, you can measure it in blood
You can measure it in mud
Let us say for these twelve days
Put the measuring away
Cause it's Christmas
And the spotlight's shining on Christmas
And the spotlight's shining on us
And the spotlight's shining on Christmas
And the spotlight's shining on
People love the working man
Who does the best that he can
But, don't forget all the horses and toys
Never could fix the poor little rich boys
You can also watch Rufus singing this on YouTube.
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