Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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When the clock strikes midnight I'll just hide my tears...

I tend to get a little blue during the holidays despite the joy and the lights and the general celebratory atmosphere. It's this strange juxtaposition I feel more deeply with each passing year. I was having a bit of a melancholic moment last week, so I sat down to write and this is what came out. I'm really proud of this blue little tune and I really wanted to share it before the year was over. I also wanted to say thank you for listening. Happy Holidays everyone and have a Happy Blue Year 💙

Thank you to Alvarez Guitars for partnering with me all year to bring you videos like these! You can find the ukulele I'm playing here: alvarezguitars.com/guitar/au90t-2

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LYRICS: 
Verse 1
Everyone likes to feel the glow
Of Christmas lights through the window
And everybody’s home

But everything I didn’t do this year
Comes into view
A little bit too clear to me
And I just can’t believe

Chorus 
Another’s year’s gone by
In the blink of an eye
All the memories we made will be left behind

Another story told
Makes me feel
I’m getting old

And when the clock strikes midnight
I’ll just hide my tears
On this blue, blue
New Years

Verse 2
These winter days have me stuck inside
I reminisce on all the better times in life
Wish I could just rewind

Cause when you’re young
The time, it goes so slow
You wish it away, I really wish you won’t
Cause one day you will know 

Chorus 
Another’s year’s gone by
In the blink of an eye
All the memories we made will be left behind

Another story told
Makes me feel
I’m getting old

And when the clock strikes midnight
I’ll just hide my tears
On this blue, blue
New Years

Dm 

Bridge
The ribbons and streamers 
The new year believers 
The joyous feelings I could only feign 

But you know, I’ll be there
With glitter in my hair
And love in my heart 
Even though it is breaking

Chorus 
Another’s year’s gone by
In the blink of an eye
All the memories we made will be left behind

Another story told
Makes me feel
I’m getting old

And when the clock strikes midnight
I’ll just hide my tears
On this blue, blue
New Years

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