Darren Goodman
Holiday Love 2014
As many of you know, Since 2009 I have been writing and recording original holiday songs, which I share to friends and family in my holiday greeting cards. This year, I wanted to use a snowman for the cover of the album, and so I decided to visit the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass to create the special piece.
Aaron Jack, my dear friend, and supremely talented glass blower along with his brother Dane helped to pull it off. The snowman was made from a very unique glass powder, and from that powder canes and murrini were created.
Here are some pictures from the blow sessions, along with the finished snowman outside of my studio. below are the song lyrics to this years holiday card, called "Holiday Love".
An awesome feature about this special glass powder used, is that it glows when the lights go out.....
Track listing
1. Being Together
2. The snow outside
3. Holiday Love
4. Eternity
5. Every year until you die
6. Love
7. Dark Christmas
8. Home
9. Jingle spirit
Additional musicians on "The snow outside" are Brian Aylor, Dave Goodman, & Ricky Nye.
Click here to listen to the songs
Being together (2014)
Being together is the most important thing
We come together, here and now, a family
Friends and neighbors, old and young, all as one
Were here together, a holiday, to spread our Love
So set another log on the fire
Stir those coals around,
The warmest part of the year
Is right now
For the snow and the wind and the ice and the rain
Can bring a lot of joy, if you make it through the pain
And what this time of year is all about
Is to enjoy the simple things, that you can not live without
So don’t worry about present or a gift you need to buy
For the greatest gift of all is to share some of your time
And the greatest gift in life, is to share with those you Love
And we all can share a part, of the warmness in our hearts
So deep, inside of us.
The snow outside (2009)
Its my favorite time of year, and I got that holiday feeling in bones
Don’t you know its my favorite time of year,
and I got that holiday feeling in bones
Don’t you know its my favorite time of year,
and I got that holiday cheer, and you’re on your way home to me.
Well you know I Love the sunset, you know I Love the rain
But theres nothing like the snow coming down on Christmas day
And you by my side, Yes indeed
To have you here on Christmas, is all I need.
So don’t worry about no presents, please don’t bring me no gifts
I said don’t worry about no presents, please don’t bring me no gifts,
Cause I got everything I need my Love, wrapped up in your sweet lips.
And the new year is right around the corner,
So lets embrace the Love that it brings
Cause we can make this world a better place, better for the human race
For the cats, dogs, birds and bees, all we really need
Is to let out the Love we all have inside, and let it pour on down
Like the snow, coming down outside
Well you know I Love the sunset, you know I Love the rain
But theres nothing like the snow coming down on Christmas day
And you by my side, Yes indeed
To have you here on Christmas, thats all I need.
Holiday Love (2010)
We light some candles, the sun goes down outside
The miracle of day, turning into night
And the Christmas lights they shine, just like the stars about
The candles burning bright, on the menorah
So wherever you are, wherever you may be
If the snows pourin down covering the street
I hope this year for Christmas or Chanukah
May your cup be full and overfilling, with Love.
The holidays come, but once a year and they pass away real soon
But the spirit of giving don’t have to fade, it can stay inside of you
Sometimes its easy to forget just how good it sometimes is
And the holidays bring such a simple joy, that simple joy to Live!
So wherever you are, wherever you may be
If the snows pourin down, and covering the street
I hope this year for Christmas or Chanukah
May your cup be full and overfilling, with Love.
And its easy to get caught up with presents
I admit that I sometimes do
But the holidays are so much more than this
And so is my Love for you.
So wherever you are, wherever you may be
If the snows fallin down, and covering the street
I hope this year for Christmas or Kwanza,
May your cup be full and overfilling, with Love.
Every year till you die (2012)
They say its going to snow
I don’t really know
Theres a full moon out tonight
And it sure is shining bright
For the clouds are moving fast
And the birds have mostly left
And its quiet, here in paradise
And im wishing for you,
Peace and comfort this year
And every year, till you die.
You might be across the world but your right here in my heart
Once a friend, always a friend and you’ve surely made your mark
So I send to you my wishes, of Love and Truth
And Ill be praying this Christmas, is good to you.
Snow covered hills, skating on a pond
The Love we share, always lives on
And the bright lights up on the trees and out there in the skies
They are reminders, for how lucky you are
To be alive!
To be alive!
They say its going to snow
I don’t really know
Cause theres a full moon out tonight
And it sure is shining bright
For the clouds are moving fast
And the birds have mostly left
And its quiet, here in paradise
And im wishing for you,
Peace and comfort this year
And every year, till you die.
Dark Christmas (2012)
Most Christmas songs are bright
Most holiday tunes are light
And I usually am,
But I’m not tonight
See theres so much struggle in this world
As I walk along the streets, I see people turn to ignore
The pain some must endure
And the war out there that we all play a part
Can we shatter it like glass, if we only use our hearts
For good, for Love?
That’s what Jesus did
Or so were told
It seems to be a noble cause
something worth dying for
And now I know, I need no presents anymore
It is true that we been blessed, far beyond we comprehend
If we open up our eyes, we might have a chance to repair
But some don’t have eyes so they need to use their hearts
And some don’t have legs so they need to use their arms
And we all are handicapped, in some way shape or form
But if we stop to open up our hearts, somehow we come reborn
That’s what Jesus did
Or so were told
It seems to be a noble cause and
something worth dying for
And now I know, I need no presents anymore
And the blood, and the bones, that are buried far beyond what the eyes can see
There’s a heart that’s beating, beat, beat, beat, beating for you and for me
And a brain, and a soul, and somehow it all knows, just where its supposed to go
And you celebrate this day, the miracle of Life that was given
And then taken away.
The war out there that we all play a part
Can we shatter it like glass, if we only use our hearts
For good and for Love?