CHRISTMAS EVE ON CHANNEL FIVE

I WAS SITTING OUT HERE ON THE COUCH ONE NIGHT
WHEN I HEARD THIS BREAKER WAY OUT OF SIGHT
I ANSWERED THE BREAKER BUT DIDN'T GET THROUGH
SO I SAT HERE AWHILE WITH A FEW THINGS TO D0.

THE KIDDIES WERE OUT THERE AND WHAT D0 YOU KNOW
THE SAME BREAKER BREAKING AND SOUNDING SO LOW
I CRANKED UP THE "MIC "I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
COME ON THERE BREAKER "COME ON" MERCY SAKES.

THE BREAKER CAME AT ME WITH ONLY A POUND
BUT I DID HEAR HER SAY THEY WERE SEARCHING THE GROUND.
IT'S DARK OUT THERE LADY, SO WHAT TO YOU SEEK,
MY SONS OUT THERE GOOD BUDDY, He's BEEN GONE FOR A WEEK.

I SAID HEY THERE LADY SO WHAT CAN I DO
SHE SAID HELP US GOOD BUDDY MY SON'S ONLY TWO       
                                                   
I ASKED HER TWENTY AND WAITED REPLY
AND FINALLY I CAUGHT IT THROUGH THE TEARS IN HER EYE.
I ASKED HER AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE
I GOT IT THIS TIME AND I FLEW OUT THE DOOR.

I FLEW DOWN THE STAIRS IN TWO SECONDS I BET-
JUMPED INTO THE MOBILE AND FLIPPED_ON THE SET
ALL THE MOBILES WERE ROLLING,NOT EVEN A SOUND
JUST LIKE THE CONVOY BEATING THE GROUND

ON OUR WAY TO THAT TWENTY IT STARTED TO SNOW
TILE ROADS THEY GOT SLIPPERY SO WE TOOK IT SLOW.
THE WIND IT WAS BlOWING LIKE HURRICANE GALE
THE SET WAS STILL ON JUST COPYING THE MAIL.

WE GOT TO THE TWENTY, THE SNOW COVERED GROUND
THE RED LIGHTS WERE FLASHING, AND GOING AROUND.
WITH PEOPLE, ALL OVER, WITH SEARCH LIGHTS AND BEAMS,
THE WOMEN WERE CRYING AND EVEN SOME SCREAMS.

WE TOOK OUT OUR LIGHTS AND ENTERED THE WOOD
WITH THE HOPE OF GOD THAT WE'D DO SOME GOOD.
IT WASN'T TO LONG WE WERE TIRED AND WEAK
WE WERE FROZEN AND COLD WHEN WE GOT TO THE CREEK.

WE HAD JUST DECEIDED THAT WE'D TAKE A BREAK
WHEN WE HEARD A SOUND THANK GOD, MERCY SAKE.
WE RAN FOR THAT SOUND ALL HAPPY WITH JOY
THANK GOD MERCY SAKE IT'S THAT LITTLE BOY.

WE GATHERED AROUND HIM LIKE BEES IN A SWARM
WITH BLANKETS AND COATS, BECAUSE WE'D KEEP HIM WARM
WE TOOK HIM TO MOTHER LIKE A JET JUST IN FLIGHT
SHE COULDN'T SPEAK, IT WAS SHEER DELIGHT.

WE GATHERED AROUND HER AND THAT LITTLE BOY
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, THE FEELING OF JOY
WE WERE ALL OUT THERE, AND IT WASN'T FUN
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I SAW A MIRACLE DONE
0N OUR WAY HOME, THE CHANNELS ALIVE,
A BREAKER CAME ON..... GOD BLESS CHANNEL FIVE.

WRITTEN BY:

MICHAEL HOFFMAN.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 1980

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Christmas Eve On Channel Five - by Mike