Jim White - Christmas Day

From the CD No Such Place

Where in the world did you come from my dear?
Did some mysterious voice tell you I'd still be here? I bought this ticket to Mobile, but I been stranded all day...p.a. said the bus broke down ten miles away from the station.
So seldom a door...so seldom a key...so seldom a lock like the love between you and me. But seldom comes happiness without the pain of the devil in the details since I saw the smile on your face as I was crying in a Greyhound station on Christmas Day...in 1998.
The burden of love is the fuel of bad grammar.
You stutter and stammer--what a bitch to convey the crux of the matter, when the words you must utter are hopelessly tangled in the memories and scars you show no one. So seldom a door...so seldom a key...so seldom a hit like the hurt you put on me.
But seldom comes happiness without the pain of the devil in the details since I saw the smile on your face as I was crying in a Greyhound station on Christmas Day...in 1998. I remember quite clearly, a bad Muzak version of James Taylor's big hit, called "Fire and Rain" was playing as you crouched down and tearfully kissed me, and I thought, "Damn, what good fiction I will mold from this terrible pain." So seldom a door...so seldom a key...so seldom a gift like the gift you gave me. But seldom comes happiness without the pain of the devil in the details since I saw the smile on your face as I was crying in a Greyhound station on Christmas Day...in 1998. Amazing grace, how sweet the smile upon the face I never thought I'd see you again...especially here in this Greyhound station...on Christmas Day...in 1998

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[goldengirlwithmyopia]

just when you think life could not be any more horrible: someone swoops down and sweeps you up and kisses your face.

mellow and heartfelt, lovely

[p11dlpar]

One of my favorite songs..it creeps up on you if you listen to the whole thing.

[dougp4158]

Poignant as all hell.

[quietearthtube]

Song of the hour, one of the finest hovering in my cyberspace locket. The more I listen the more I'm moved. Feels like Swordfish Trombone minus posturing, injected with vulnerability of willingness to be seen nakid, raw in one's own pink flesh. Humble thanks to Jim White.

[incatatonia]

@goldengirlwithmyopia yes Angie D is the young woman with the ring well spotted. No idea what this film is called though. Wish you could meet me in the greyhound station, anytime.

[Pa8ax]

Where is the film from?

[KrisWRose123]

im just lookin for the gold tooth in god's crooked smile, favorite quote ever

[harpoonlouis]

That is the most beutiful comment that I have ever read, thank you

[goldengirlwithmyopia]

Is this Angie Dickinson?